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Why Trolls and Flames Happen

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the some-things-will-never-change dept.

AnonymousHack writes "New Scientist examines why people are in general more rude and abusive online. 'Psychologically, we are "distant" from the person we're talking to and less focused on our own identity. As a result we're more prone to aggressive behavior' says one psychologist, who also cites research showing messages received by email are always perceived more negatively than on the phone." Just more proof for the Greater Internet F***wad Theory.

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  1. Attention all lie-berals by MarsDefenseMinister · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is the place for all the angry lie-berals to get their hating out of their system now. Then maybe, just maybe, after the hate is gone, you'll listen to logic.

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    No weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men.-Ronald Reagan
  2. or paid to be rude. by Erris · · Score: 1, Troll

    Some companies "compete" that way. They break other people's things and conversations because they don't have anything better to offer.

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    DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.