On 2014-02-17 17:58:56 +0000, David Rance said:

On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 08:24:15 Peter James wrote:

An interesting web site in view of recent post here.
I'm not trying to inflame anyone, just posting this for interest.

http://tinyurl.com/kpnbo7u

Peter


And I think this is the nub of it:

'Overall, the authors found that the relationship between sadism and
trolling was the strongest, and that indeed, sadists appear to troll
because they find it pleasurable. “Both trolls and sadists feel
sadistic glee at the distress of others,” they wrote. “Sadists just
want to have fun ... and the Internet is their playground!”'

Isn't this what we've always known?

David

Did you miss the bit about narcissism? ;-)
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