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The reason for trollsPosted Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at 12:06 PM
It turns out there's a psychological explanation for "trolling," the practice of leaving nasty, angry, inflammatory messages on message boards, blogs and other open-comment web sites:
Social psychologists have known for decades that, if we reduce our sense of our own identity -- a process called deindividuation -- we are less likely to stick to social norms…the same thing happens with online communication such as email. It's a fascinating post; go read the whole thing. Hat tip to Gavin Richardson. Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
John I. Carney is city editor of the Times-Gazette.
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