[Discussion] The Pathology of Trolls

[uzumakikenshin]

Blah.. Only noobs think that you need a troll to start flames. ( Oops! Did I just throw in a flame?)

Trolls flame and flamers create trolls as well..

they co-exist with each other xd


but really sometimes they are needed...

 

[-Liquid Cefka-]

Blah.. Only noobs think that you need a troll to start flames. ( Oops! Did I just throw in a flame?)

Trolls flame and flamers create trolls as well..

No...you dont NEED them to start flames. trolls just usually start the "flames".

 

[Avani]

they co-exist with each other xd


but really sometimes they are needed...

Only intelligent ones..

At NB we have wanna be trolls or the attention seeking ones. Cliche and lame flames. if one guy does it, a number of copy cat sheeps repeat the same idea. :shrug:

 

[Hawker]

Only intelligent ones..

At NB we have wanna be trolls or the attention seeking ones. Cliche and lame flames. if one guy does it, a number of copy cat sheeps repeat the same idea. :shrug:

but tell me ITN, who are the real trolls in here... ;D

 

[uzumakikenshin]

Only intelligent ones..

At NB we have wanna be trolls or the attention seeking ones. Cliche and lame flames. if one guy does it, a number of copy cat sheeps repeat the same idea. :shrug:

ITN i miss seeing your comments bro xp

well wanna be trolls are just wanna bees...

but I find witty one's amazing.... I even shut my mouth when they tell their opinions... LOL

but tell me ITN, who are the real trolls in here... ;D

oh my... hahahaha.. really now? xd

 

[Avani]

but tell me ITN, who are the real trolls in here... ;D

ITN? lol Naming someone as troll is starting the flame game. No, thank you.

ITN i miss seeing your comments bro xp

well wanna be trolls are just wanna bees...

but I find witty one's amazing.... I even shut my mouth when they tell their opinions... LOL



oh my... hahahaha.. really now? xd

I missed you too. Where have you been? It's a long time since I last saw you around. did we just miss each other's posts?

Witty comments are always fun but I like novelty. lol

No...you dont NEED them to start flames. trolls just usually start the "flames".

Troll disrupt the discussions or forums with flames or spams etc intentionally. But, during discussions or debates or over a disagreement flaming is quite common even without a troll in the vicinity.

 

[uzumakikenshin]

ITN? lol Naming someone as troll is starting the flame game. No, thank you.




I missed you too. Where have you been? It's a long time since I last saw you around. did we just miss each other's posts?

Witty comments are always fun but I like novelty. lol

NOVELTY? hahahaha...

well some really love trolls i guess... xd

(yeah been out for a while.. need to settle some things)

 

[Avani]

NOVELTY? hahahaha...

well some really love trolls i guess... xd

(yeah been out for a while.. need to settle some things)

Hey! I said I like witty comments. Trolls are annoying. I can tolerate intelligents ones if they are not being an asshat.

 

[Passion]

What the writer meant by packs is that there will always be someone to side with the trolls behavior.

Ex.

Troll: I dislike Mods on NB.

Person #1: Then why do you even bother posting here. Leave! Shoo!

Troll: Why don't you go s*** a d***?!

Person #2: [Quotes troll & person 1] Ooooh! You got owned! <------Contributes to trolls behavior. This gives the troll the impression that what he is doing is correct.

Thanks.

Still, I agree with others that think that trolls are needed for forums to keep trolls away. Superior trolls with intelligence can actually think of an answer instead of just saying suck my **** or something like that.

Trolling is like grammar... When you do it bad, it hurts others' eyes.

 

[Avani]

Thanks.

Still, I agree with others that think that trolls are needed for forums to keep trolls away. Superior trolls with intelligence can actually think of an answer instead of just saying suck my **** or something like that.

Trolling is like grammar... When you do it bad, it hurts others' eyes.

lol. Trolls are not needed. They believe they are needed because some bored people gather around to watch any kind of lame show on the street feeding their(trolls') sence of self importance.

Otherwise they troll because they want to not because they need to.

 

[Cyborg]

I agree with the OP. However, there is a difference between a flamer, who uses descriptive insults that are funny and a troll, who simply abuses, and is hardly ever funny.

 

[JojocIaw]

It's pathetic when they can't even come out with something creative. Instead most of the kind I have seen resort to mentioning their genitalia (which I see there must be a lack of). And then when someone owns them in a conversation they just resort to stupid phrases like, "S*** my d***!" PATHETIC. It is even more obvious when they get mad when someone calls them as being angry or stupid for even joining the site. xd

 

[Lentz]

The Pathology of Trolls​

Understanding the underlying psychological problems of those who Troll.



A Troll is a person who visits websites to attack other posters. S/he has no position, not political, not social; in short s/he has no ‘point’.

It is attack for attack sake.

In early days Trolls were often pre-pubescent high school boys. Powerless, cowards, the Internet became their psychodrama where they could act out.

Those who moderated message boards would ban them, delete their posts, and so their victory was fleeting.

Where the school boy may mature into a responsible individual, the adult Troll has deep seated psychological problems.

The adult who feels powerless grasps the opportunity to use the anonymity of the Internet to create an all powerful avatar who can attack others with impunity.

With very low self images, Trolls experience that rush of control when they, who are afraid to tell their neighbor to turn down his radio, can spew invective with impunity.

Trolls post insulting comments hoping another poster will respond. When there is a response this provides reinforcement of their behavior.

As passive-aggressive mentalities who can not express hostility in direct ways, the Internet allows them the perfect venue to vent.

As they desire attention they will join sites, for example, Triond, where instead of posting submissions, they lurk in the unmoderated forum feeding their pathetic egos with each response they receive.

No matter what the response, it is a response. One can be more insulting, threatening, it doesn’t matter. The response, any response is what their pathology requires.

As Trolls are cowards, they run in packs. It is rare to see a single troll. They take strength from each other. They delude themselves into believing they are in the majority and their views are shared by ’everyone’.

Where average people may be proud of an achievement, trolls exalt over their ‘kills’; that is persons they have ‘run off’ the forum, or message boards they have caused to close.

When users cease to post, that is Stop Feeding the Trolls, the forum becomes moribund. Trolls have nothing to say. Once there is no one to attack they may begin flaming each other, then cease to log on to the site.

Trolling is the sad attempt at self validation, just as taking drugs, trolling demands more and more to feed the addiction that props up low self-esteem.

‘De-individualization’ is a term social psychologists use to explain the reduction in the sense of one’s own identity. In online communication the Troll is distant from the victim and prone to aggressive behavior.

Behind the nickname used by the Troll is a pathetic individual who feels helpless. Having to bottle hostility due to physical/intellectual/ emotional weakness. They can not distinguish between positive attention, praise, approval, affection and negative attention, criticism, hatred, disapproval.
All Attention = Good.

There is some amount of sadism in the psyche of Trolls and that hint of Asperger’s syndrome, where they can not feel remorse for their actions.

Experienced moderators recognize that no matter how one humiliates a Troll s/he can never believe s/he ‘lost’. The viable method is to ’suck up’ to the Trolls, gain their trust, at such time they become quite easy to smack down.

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Just wanted to know your thoughts on this since I have noticed a lot of trolls lately.

Nice analysis, just kinda narrow-minded, considering human psychology. Not every troll necessarily posses any of those traits you listed. Someone can in one moment, you know, just feel like trolling or something.