Study reveals trolls aren't malicious - just bored

[Rincewind]

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/trolls-who-post-vicious-abuse-on-twitter-arent-acting-out-of-malice--theyre-just-bored-reveals-study-8676926.html

[Trav Le Bleu]

Nonsense! Flowwolf lives an exciting and fulfilling life.

[The God Emperor]

I thought this was common knowledge?

[The Horse's Mouth]

Nonsense! Flowwolf lives an exciting and fulfilling life.

Mature

[Guest]

Mature

But funny and apt.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Mature

 

Your opinions on cheese are duly noted.

[cambridgefox]

You try telling Billy goat Gruff that!

[Kitchandro]

The title says it's just boredom, then in the article:

 

 

Trolls operate out of a feeling of power, amusement, boredom and revenge and thrive on the anonymity which the internet provides, Dr Hardaker found.

 

So not just boredom then.

 

The only reason anyone uses the internet at home is because they're bored, surely?

[Rincewind]

I thought this was common knowledge?

 

Thought I'd post something that stood a chance of being agreed with.

[Fox92]

A lot of things get 'investigated' but the outcome is always the obvious.

Of course they are bored. They've probably got nothing better to do, obviously. Which is quite sad.

[Zingari]

Can't some of them be both ? 

[Matt]

A lot of things get 'investigated' but the outcome is always the obvious.

Of course they are bored. They've probably got nothing better to do, obviously. Which is quite sad.

 

Agreed.

 

Such things on the news like 'A University study has shown...'

 

Really? You have to do University studies, reports to show and prove this shit? People get paid to investigate this shit. I could tell people things like this, I'm missing a trick here, how do you get these 'jobs' in noting, studying, investigating and reporting something other wise known as common sense?

[The God Emperor]

Thought I'd post something that stood a chance of being agreed with.

post some anti-Pearson topics. then you'd get the validation you seek 

[Danizen]

I thought this was common knowledge?

Nah. We needed a lazy hack from The Independent to confirm it for us.