"The research, conducted by Erin Buckels of the University of Manitoba and two colleagues, sought to directly investigate whether people who engage in trolling are characterized by personality traits that fall in the so-called Dark Tetrad: Machiavellianism(willingness to manipulate and deceive others), narcissism (egotism and self-obsession), psychopathy (the lack of remorse and empathy), and sadism (pleasure in the suffering of others)."
Vad ska vi göra med den nya informationen? Kommer det att påverka debatterna på internet? Kommer folk känna medlidande med trollen? Vad gör vi med den här informationen när vi inser att vi har politiker som ägnar sig åt den här sortens medvetet provokativa trollningar? Tänker t.ex. på mycket av den skiten som "Inte rasist, men..." gräver fram och det som skrivs på Avpixlat.
Trollen utgör som tur är endast en minoritet av internet:
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"To be sure, only 5.6 percent of survey respondents actually specified that they enjoyed “trolling.” By contrast, 41.3 percent of Internet users were “non-commenters,” meaning they didn’t like engaging online at all. So trolls are, as has often been suspected, a minority of online commenters, and an even smaller minority of overall Internet users."
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2014/02/internet_troll_personality_study_machiavellianism_narcissism_psychopathy.html?wpisrc=burger_bar
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886914000324