“Please don’t feed the trolls”

       Saying that there are “evil” people in this world isn’t a new discovery, but saying that they are coming out of every crack and crevice they were in before the internet exploded might be new. The internet opened the doorway for people to upload, and download all types of media, but who is posting and who is commenting. There are a multitude of different types of people who are using the internet and new sites, some people to just find out information while other sit on website just to see the world crumple. Internet Trolling has become a new source of unwanted harassment and disturbance. As Slate, an online news article has stated that, “Internet Trolls really are bad people”. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2014/02/internet_troll_personality_study_machiavellianism_narcissism_psychopathy.html

      The study that they did exposed the true personalities of who is online trolling. There are a numerous of different personality disorders that people live with every day, and some use the internet as their feeding ground. In the graph, they asked a question about what they like/enjoy to do online, and one of the answers in a multiple choice question was “trolling others”. Some of people that selected “trolling others” were matched up with certain comments they expressed on websites, and there is a list of different disorders that some people have. Machiavellianism which is the, willingness to manipulate and deceive others, Narcissism: egotism and self-obsession, psychopathy: the lack of remorse and empathy, and sadism: pleasure in the suffering of others, which are all serious disorders. Some of these people like to comment on certain post that are very personal, and hurtful and they put up comments that destroy the purpose of the post.

     One particular comment that distinctly stuck out to me was, “The more beautiful and pure a thing is, the more satisfying it is to corrupt”. A person feels the need to hurt people online, just to see them get offended and people upset.  This type of comment about online trolling show exactly the mind frame a person is in, an evil and hurtful manner. The only way to avoid these online trollers is to; simply not comment on what they say. It is one of those situations when there is a comment that offends or is intended to start a conversation that is “corrupting” the post, to avoid it. The phrase, “Please Don’t Feed the Trolls” is showing people, just like at the beach, if you need the birds they are going to come back and beg for more. They trolling will not stop, unless people just simply ignore it, or don’t allow commenting on certain sites. The online trolling is intended to disrupt online activity, and if people give in and comment on certain posts, they are getting exactly what they wanted in the end. Some comments are being monitored to delete certain trolling situations, but all can’t be stopped online. The only beneficial moment is online trolling is when people end up getting caught, and they are either banned from certain sites or some type of situation happens when they are brought to justice.