Internet trolls are often clinical psychopaths

Hence the tendency to insult jokes radi



The survey, conducted by psychologists from several Canadian universities, web-users were asked a series of questions like: "How much time do you spend on the Internet?" And "Leave you comments on YouTube?».

They were also asked to agree or disagree with such statements as "I like to troll people on forums or in comments on different sites", "In the games I like to play for the villains" and "I have sent people to a shocking reference joke».

Incidentally, it is quite topical issues. The findings led to a grim conclusion: the trolls on the whole exhibit a number of characteristics specific to the type of personality called "Dark quartet».

"Dark quartet" is a set of four unpleasant personality traits - sadism, unprincipled, narcissism and psychopathy. People with these personality traits enjoy what harm to others, are prone to fraud and do not feel remorse for his antics. Researchers have even found a connection between these features and the amount of time spent trolling the Internet.

via factroom.ru