What Are Trolls Looking For

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I think your point was well made, it made me think of the "simp" culture - a group of guys who'll go around and label men as "simps" just for expressing even the slightest fleck of affection for a woman.

What will this do to a young man's mind? It's probably going to put him off even wanting to express himself again out of fear of being a "simp".

An initially funny term, it now causing untold damage.

I have never heard the term simp. LOL

I have always thought men had some affection. I did not know that people give them a hard time for it.
 
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That is true, @Blade . We have to define what exactly a troll is because it's not just confrontation or opposition.

Oxford Dictionary states: a person who makes a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.

It assumes a lot of motivation on the part of whoever is posting to you but I think the basic examples given in this thread are pretty clear on intent. If you post something in a regular manner, not being angry, then someone posting to you a bad word or calling you a name, there is a safe bet that they're looking merely to agitate.

You can either take the stance that rudeness online is never justified(they're just words; if opinions make you angry enough to curse at people and lose your own dignity, then maybe go do something else) or there is a certain line where someone is acting consistently unreasonable for a particular situation or conversation. Like, maybe one angered, blustery comment is understood as passion, but if the person continues to converse with a ridiculous amount of heightened emotion and insults, then they're no longer given the benefit of the doubt.

I've personally encountered people who post nonsense in a topic to derail the conversation or confuse the other members. I've debated with someone who kept circling a point until it became clear to me that they didn't truly believe or support what they were posting. They were just saying stuff to keep me going. These would count as trolling also but aren't necessarily a "one response and you know" type of encounter.

This was very helpful @Hrairoo

Thank you
 
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Could be a number of reasons as to why some post negative or always happy lol Theres this preacher that has live videos allot and I noticed over time how if someone does not post it nice enough or just the right way "just ignore them their a troll". What got me was...it was just a different way of thinking.. or they didn't agree. Lol NO I don't get called a troll.

Youtube is like this safe space where you can be no body and say what you want. You tend to see people for what they really are. I hardly ever use that word. For me its hard to judge what someone is really doing by a few lines of text. If I don't like it lol.. skip it move on.

Wanted to add. .. another truth is "Christ" followers can be some of the most... hmm negative. :)

This is exactly true. I get it. We can go from one extreme to the next. You would see people who would disagree with other people, and then they would get called a troll simply by disagreeing. So, I know that we have to be careful about that.
 
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Please forgive me, I do not articulate my words as good as some others, below is an example of my point:

Genesis 3:3-5
New King James Version

3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”

4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

I am not always good at expressing myself as well.
 
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This is what I'd go with.

That and boredom - sometimes UNLIMITED boredom. If you're keeping busy and living your best life, the last thing on your to-do list is "snap at random people on YouTube for no apparent reason."

Yeah, this is true.

And even though I got told that if "Probably someone living his best life would not be posting on internet forums hoping some random reader agreed with him either."

I am trying to live my best life. That is one of the reasons why I am trying to learn from other people.
 
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In the cyber world they do the bidding of the Enemy, create chaos, confusion, anxiety.
Some trolls, deceitfully try to make you question your own belief, values, thinking or morality.......they work for the deceiver, the author of confusion.

Yeah, that's what it seems to me as well. A lot of them will tell me that I have been indoctrinated, but then it seems like they are trying to indoctrinate me.
 
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Sounds more like a cyber bully if that’s a thing. Being a bully with anonymity may unfortunately be pleasing to some.

Yeah, people will, including me, will feed their appetites.
 
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NPD is usually a form of complex trauma. So it results from something like neglect, abuse, poor attachment to a parent or caregiver. It takes a lot of healing for them to heal and change.

best not to engage with online trolls.

Don't spend time with contention angry people. I believe the book of Proverbs deals with this

This is true.
 
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Sin. The sin nature shows up in different people in different ways.

Well, that is true. That is in itself not just an opinion. The Bible does say that we are sinful people.
 
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Misery loves company. They aren't happy and want to bring everyone else down also.

I don't think they are happy as well. Of course, that is an opinion. But I have a hard time believing that happy people make negative comments on other people.
 
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Don't feed the trolls. At the least, they want to waste your time. At worst, they desire to hurt you simply for a laugh.

Thank you for the advice.

Even though we can't prove anything, I do agree with your assessment about why they are doing it. Thank you for your assessment and your advice.
 
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Apart from the two previous answers which I totally agree with, there are some people who just delight in being cruel, they feed on people reacting to them.
The very best thing you can do is not giving them that satisfaction.
This is very hard to do at times but if they are ignored they eventually go away.
When someone has mocked God, however, I must admit, I have said my opinion and THEN ignored them.
Trolls can be very dangerous as they have driven some people to suicide, because their words have stuck in their victims lives.
If it were possible I would report them and then ignore.
Don't give these horrible people what they want: attention. ( or worse)

God bless you.:heart:

I agree with everything that you just said. And thank you for the advice.
 
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It all comes back to love. When we love our neighbor we have a genuine regard for their welfare. We consider the weight of our words and actions. We don't delight in another's suffering or try to exacerbate their hardship. We aim to be a salve instead. Just like Christ did.

Yours in His Service,

~Bella

I know that you are right.
 
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Easy. They don't have a life. All they seek is some reaction. There should be a sign on every comments page, "Do not feed the trolls".

I agree with your assessment.

And yes, I should not feed the trolls.
 
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I received a downvote yesterday for saying I was pretty impressed with a new search engine. There was no logical justification for that. We have three possible choices: answer taking the high road, answer dropping down to their level, or ignoring them.

There was no reason for that. I am sorry.

Those three choices is really something I should think about. Thank you
 
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Some people get enjoyment out of attacking and even hurting others out there. It is their life style. Sometime maybe look over vids on Narcissistic Personality Disorder as in the Surviving Narcissism You Tube channel by a Christian psychologist.

NPD is way common. Many psychologists, for example, feel it is the usual factor in domestic abuse. If you watch any of those vids you will be sure to see some you know and learn how to spot and avoid them.

The research I have seen is that brain scans show they have poor development in the empathy cortex area of the brain. This is very sad for no medicine or therapy can heal that. In fact they almost never improve but seem to get worse with age.

They are not just mean, bullying and controlling, but are often flat out sadistic.

Sociopaths and psychopaths have a more extreme version of the problem.

The above posters are so right when they say Don't Feed The Trolls. Pray for them and their intended victims in life (which would include most anyone where they think they can get away with it), maybe report them, and move on.

Brain Scans

If there are brain scans, maybe we prove on the reasons why they do this. Very informative

Very good advice. And I understand what you are saying. Jesus said to pray for your enemies.
 
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Everyone who posts here seeks some “reaction” Like all of social media in general.

Usually it is in some form of “gee look at me and hope others say something positive about me and/or agree with me”

More so for some than others.

Still if you are doing social media it is bit hypocritical to exclaim that some people seek “reaction”

In reality we all do.

Well, I gave some kind response to your other post. But you are somewhat correct. I disagree with you calling people a hypocrite. We do try to get some reaction. But my question is what is the purpose for trying to get negative reactions from other people?
 
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I saw a comment where someone said, "the keyboarder is really good."
One of the counter-intuitive features of the internet is that it gives amateurs and audience that they couldn't have otherwise.

Some of us can enjoy skilled amateur performers even if they are not polished professionals. Others don't seem to recognize that.

There are people who complain about the widespread use of Autotune. Amateur performances tend to be a little more organic.
 
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