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Study finds that Internet Trolls are terrible people in real life

Vyralize: A study conducted by University of Manitoba research students Erin E. Buckels, Paul D. Trapnell, and Delroy L. Paulhus has claimed that Internet Trolls exhibit much higher levels of sadism, narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy in real life. These traits are classified as under a category called “Dark Tetrad” traits. They also found a direct correlation between the amount of time they spent making comments on the Internet and between all traits except narcissism.

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RobbyGrob3706d ago

Well duh. Terrible people are terrible everywhere. They wouldn't be acting like assholes on the web if their lives were good.

gedapeleda3706d ago

>Implying they didn't troll the survey

Blacktric3706d ago

>maymay arrowing outside of an imageboard

Speed-Racer3705d ago

maymay? I hope you mean meem.

Somebody3706d ago

Let's hope other media outlets won't misinterpret this and try connect it with gamers who play violent video games are violent people too.

Crazay3705d ago

And N4G has about 80% of them all signed up as users.

Does this come as a surprise to anyone?

TheSaint3705d ago

I don't know that people having bad lives is relevant or makes them a troll, not everyone is that way inclined.

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RetrospectRealm3706d ago

Not surprised here at all. If they can be rude online then why wouldn't they do it in real life. Like Robby said, "Well duh. Terrible people are terrible everywhere".

SilentNegotiator3706d ago

In other news, studies show that dickheads at a mall are also dickheads at an amusement park. Details at 11.

The_Devil_Hunter3706d ago

I dont usually comment...but that was hilarious. Hahaha.

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Apple to Release Immersive Video Content of 2023 MLS Playoffs on Vision Pro

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How Meta Is Preparing for the EU’s 2024 Parliament Elections

As the election approaches,Meta plans to activate an Elections Operations Center to identify potential threats and put mitigations in place in real time.

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sonicwrecks56d ago

Don't call it a comeback... because it's not.