Who and why trolls on the Internet

Who and why trolls on the Internet

Trolling on the Internet became the widespread phenomenon for a long time. These are the negative comments containing sneers mockeries and even inadequate requests it seems "be killed about a wall". All this causes impassioned reaction from the public, leads to virtual, and sometimes to the real conflicts.

  • According to sociologists and psychologists, nearly a half of online trolls are made by sociopaths. Besides, at most of them characteristic personal and biological lines, for example, tendency to sadism are defined. Many will tell that for rigid trolling there have to be good reasons. But even they will be difficult to be entered in an adequacy format.
  • Personal beliefs sometimes border on serious psychological frustration. In this list it is possible to refer racism, nationalism, religious discrimination, etc. the People armed with the "global" ideas become fanatics. And it is already an aberration.  
  • Surprisingly, but fact! More often normal people become trolls. And the squall of a negative can be caused by the competition in the market or rivalry in achievement of a common goal. For example, the company creates the project and starts it for promotion in social networks. At this moment the representatives of competitive firm are registered under others names and begin to heat this project. As a result from the simple negative reviews everything turns into rigid trolling.
  • Also bad mood and context can be sources of Internet trolling. In the first case the scale of a negative is small. The person just looks for a way to splash out the collected emotions and breaks angry comments on any virtual site. Later he can regret about told and even to apologize for sharpness. In case of a context trolling begins with the first negative comment on a note, a photo or article. Then "adherents" in the same sharp form, or opponents can support him. But the context will have all the same negative character.

How to fight?

  • For a start it is possible to contact moderators of the website. Though now they independently trace and delete comments of trolls.
  • Ignoring – one more effective way of fight against trolling. Such people always expect opposition, reaction of opponents. Even if trolls will have adherents, their mockery will hardly be long.
  • It is possible to try to change a discussion context, having paid attention to other details and questions of a subject. Of course, and trolls can appear here. Then it is possible to continue ignoring. 

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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