Trolling on USMB Does it exist and why?

[Dante]

"What makes a troll is a combination of a bad mood and the bad example of other trolls." - This is what I found in a search.

It's an academic article on it all. It's quite a good look at it all.

To tease out possible causes of trolling, the researchers set up an online experiment. Through the Amazon Mechanical Turk service, where people can be hired to perform online tasks for a small hourly payment, they recruited people to participate in a discussion group about current events.

Participants were first given a quiz consisting of logic, math and word problems, then shown a news item and invited to comment. To compare the effects of positive and negative mood, some participants were given harder questions or were told afterward that they had performed poorly on the quiz. To compare the effects of exposure to other trolls, some were led into discussions already seeded with real troll posts copied from comments on CNN.com. The experiment showed that negative mood and bad example could lead to offensive posting.

Internet trolls are made, not born, CIS researchers say | Cornell Computing and Information Science

You, too, could become a troll. Not a mythological creature that hides under bridges, but one of those annoying people who post disruptive messages in internet discussion groups – “trolling” for attention - and off-topic posters who throw out racist, sexist or politically controversial rants...

cis.cornell.edu

btw, I believing trolling is prohibited on this General Discussion Message Board

 

[Dante]

I believe we can all agree that trolling exists on usmb. I have to wonder how many people here in this "Community" would support efforts to mitigate trolling?

 

[Stryder50]

"What makes a troll is a combination of a bad mood and the bad example of other trolls." - This is what I found in a search.

It's an academic article on it all. It's quite a good look at it all.

To tease out possible causes of trolling, the researchers set up an online experiment. Through the Amazon Mechanical Turk service, where people can be hired to perform online tasks for a small hourly payment, they recruited people to participate in a discussion group about current events.

Participants were first given a quiz consisting of logic, math and word problems, then shown a news item and invited to comment. To compare the effects of positive and negative mood, some participants were given harder questions or were told afterward that they had performed poorly on the quiz. To compare the effects of exposure to other trolls, some were led into discussions already seeded with real troll posts copied from comments on CNN.com. The experiment showed that negative mood and bad example could lead to offensive posting.

Internet trolls are made, not born, CIS researchers say | Cornell Computing and Information Science

You, too, could become a troll. Not a mythological creature that hides under bridges, but one of those annoying people who post disruptive messages in internet discussion groups – “trolling” for attention - and off-topic posters who throw out racist, sexist or politically controversial rants...

cis.cornell.edu

btw, I believing trolling is prohibited on this General Discussion Message Board

Analysis of yourself I see.

 

[Stryder50]

I believe we can all agree that trolling exists on usmb. I have to wonder how many people here in this "Community" would support efforts to mitigate trolling?

Yes komrade, we need more correct-speak here.
Not!

 

[Concerned American]

I believe we can all agree that trolling exists on usmb. I have to wonder how many people here in this "Community" would support efforts to mitigate trolling?

Of all people on USMB, you should know the most about trolling--you do it constantly.

 

[Dante]

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[Unkotare]

That captain caveman douche does nothing but troll America here.

 

[sparky]

btw, I believing trolling is prohibited on this General Discussion Message Board

Then maybe you should STFU

~S~

 

[Dante]

I believing trolling is prohibited on this General Discussion Message Board

 

[The Duke]

I believing trolling is prohibited on this General Discussion Message Board

I believe OP posted this in General Discussion in bad faith.

 

[Failzero]

The Far Left & Left elements here seem to have supervision beyond Mod / Admin scrutiny

 

[Dante]

I believe OP posted this in General Discussion in bad faith.

Nope. Not at all. Read the OP. No one is attacked. No side is attacked. A general discussion of trolling as a phenomena should not be viewed as inviting trolling.

 

[Concerned American]

Nope. Not at all. Read the OP. No one is attacked. No side is attacked. A general discussion of trolling as a phenomena should not be viewed as inviting trolling.

Troll thread.

 

[Dante]

"What makes a troll is a combination of a bad mood and the bad example of other trolls." - This is what I found in a search.

It's an academic article on it all. It's quite a good look at it all.

To tease out possible causes of trolling, the researchers set up an online experiment. Through the Amazon Mechanical Turk service, where people can be hired to perform online tasks for a small hourly payment, they recruited people to participate in a discussion group about current events.

Participants were first given a quiz consisting of logic, math and word problems, then shown a news item and invited to comment. To compare the effects of positive and negative mood, some participants were given harder questions or were told afterward that they had performed poorly on the quiz. To compare the effects of exposure to other trolls, some were led into discussions already seeded with real troll posts copied from comments on CNN.com. The experiment showed that negative mood and bad example could lead to offensive posting.

Internet trolls are made, not born, CIS researchers say | Cornell Computing and Information Science

You, too, could become a troll. Not a mythological creature that hides under bridges, but one of those annoying people who post disruptive messages in internet discussion groups – “trolling” for attention - and off-topic posters who throw out racist, sexist or politically controversial rants...

cis.cornell.edu

btw, I believing trolling is prohibited on this General Discussion Message Board

 

[Crepitus]

Trolling on USMB Does it exist and why?​

 

[deannalw]

USMB turned me into a troll.

I was perfect till I came here.

Now Ima troll.

Thanks USMB

 

[Concerned American]

USMB turned me into a troll.

I was perfect till I came here.

Now Ima troll.

Thanks USMB

Looks like you're Bill's cat to me.

 

[Failzero]

There are Lotsa wannabe trolls here

 

[deannalw]

Looks like you're Bill's cat to me.

No, I am Bill the cat.

Better looking than my little dog Chloe, I have to say.

Now I'm Bill the troll cat

 

[Concerned American]

No, I am Bill the cat.

Better looking than my little dog Chloe, I have to say.

Now I'm Bill the troll cat

Haven't seen Opus in many years. It came to me in a flash that it was Bill the Cat and not Bill's -- Thanks.