Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Online Trolls Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds

gizmodo.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

1–10 of 33 posts

Re: Online Trolls Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds

#2

Post by xupybd »

It's sad the Troll now means asshole. Ken M [1] style trolling is one of my favorite things on the internet. Even David Thorne's [2] slightly more aggressive Trolling is fantastic. I think we need to separate this from online bullies.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_M

[2] https://27bslash6.com/missy.html

Re: Online Trolls Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds

#3

Post by elliekelly »

xupybd wrote: post #2

It's sad the Troll now means asshole. Ken M [1] style trolling is one of my favorite things on the internet. Even David Thorne's [2] slightly more aggressive Trolling is fantastic. I think we need to separate this from online bullies. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_M [2] https://27bslash6.com/missy.html

And Fansy the Bard. Sometimes trolls really can make an online community a better place.

Re: Online Trolls Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds

#4

Post by koheripbal »

> The study found that those who are hostile in political discussions on the internet report to be just as hostile in political discussions face-to-face.

They asked people to SELF REPORT if they held the same attitudes offline as online, and of course they all said YES.

This is like asking people if they are honest people.

This study is worthless.

Re: Online Trolls Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds

#5

Post by arp242 »

xupybd wrote: post #2

It's sad the Troll now means asshole. Ken M [1] style trolling is one of my favorite things on the internet. Even David Thorne's [2] slightly more aggressive Trolling is fantastic. I think we need to separate this from online bullies. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_M [2] https://27bslash6.com/missy.html

Trolling is essentially online pranking. There's good-natured "smile, you're on candid camera" pranks, and then there's just being an asshole.

Re: Online Trolls Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds

#7

Post by bb88 »

arp242 wrote: post #5
xupybd wrote: post #2

It's sad the Troll now means asshole. Ken M [1] style trolling is one of my favorite things on the internet. Even David Thorne's [2] slightly more aggressive Trolling is fantastic. I think we need to separate this from online bullies. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_M [2] https://27bslash6.com/missy.html

Trolling is essentially online pranking. There's good-natured "smile, you're on candid camera" pranks, and then there's just being an asshole.

I wouldn't call it "pranking". I would call it a subversive action from a deep sarcastic view.

E.g. I'm pretty sure some people might think that "swatting" is a form of trolling.

Re: Online Trolls Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds

#8

Post by toiletaccount »

xupybd wrote: post #2

It's sad the Troll now means asshole. Ken M [1] style trolling is one of my favorite things on the internet. Even David Thorne's [2] slightly more aggressive Trolling is fantastic. I think we need to separate this from online bullies. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_M [2] https://27bslash6.com/missy.html

My personal fav was the guy on craigslist that pretended to be an attractive young woman looking for sex w randos. All 'she' needed was a photo of their drivers license to make sure they weren't creeps/as insurance.

This guy tracked down every man's spouse and told them what was up. He was sued (and lost, iirc, after about 100 men were divorced), and ended up being interviewed by the nyt. BUT he picks up the interviewer in a limo with his gf near an abandoned mall or something. he thought trolling was going to change the world, his gf thought he was jesus, there was champagne and it was an all around weird experience for the reporter. They honestly sounded like real live discordians.

This is probably getting close to being 15 or 20 years old now, but it was pioneering.

Yeah I had a few what of it.

Re: Online Trolls Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds

#9

Post by moron4hire »

toiletaccount wrote: post #8
xupybd wrote: post #2

It's sad the Troll now means asshole. Ken M [1] style trolling is one of my favorite things on the internet. Even David Thorne's [2] slightly more aggressive Trolling is fantastic. I think we need to separate this from online bullies. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_M [2] https://27bslash6.com/missy.html

My personal fav was the guy on craigslist that pretended to be an attractive young woman looking for sex w randos. All 'she' needed was a photo of their drivers license to make sure they weren't creeps/as insurance. This guy tracked down every man's spouse and told them what was up. He was sued (and lost, iirc, after about 100 men were divorced), and ended up being interviewed by the nyt. BUT he picks up the intervie…

That sounds like weev

Re: Online Trolls Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds

#10

Post by [deleted] »

xupybd wrote: post #2

It's sad the Troll now means asshole. Ken M [1] style trolling is one of my favorite things on the internet. Even David Thorne's [2] slightly more aggressive Trolling is fantastic. I think we need to separate this from online bullies. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_M [2] https://27bslash6.com/missy.html

[deleted]
Post reply on HN