trolling

A study by psychologists headed by Dr John Synott identifying what they call the behaviour of 'on-line trolls' is published in the June 2017 edition, Pages 70–78, of 'Computers in Human Behavior'. The 'highlights' are as follows: The abstract is as follows: Source and where the full paper...

Popular Science magazine will no longer be allowing comments on it's online articles. No doubt the conspiracy nuts, woo peddlers and cranks will be spinning this as either a 'victory' for their nonsense or claiming their 'freedom of speech' is being denied.

Reading man jailed for "trolling" I abhor what he did but am also disturbed that he has been jailed.

Obviously the homs call any opposition trolling because it excuses them from thinking about the issues, but it also leaves them a huge blind-spot. Trolling is, by my understanding, posting on a board in order to provoke a reaction and there is a necessary element of deception. What the...