From: The Wall Street Journal
Why Trolls Behave the Way They Do
June 27, 2011
The Wall Street Journal:
People who troll online get the same thrill from it as drinking and exercising power according to U.S. researchers.
Apparently anonymity means web users lose their inhibitions in much the same way as alcohol reduces people’s inhibitions. The people’s true characters are revealed, according to research conducted by Northwestern University.
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