To "troll" means to allure, to fish, to entice or to bait... Internet trolls are people who fish for other people's confidence and, once found, exploit it.
Trolls are various in nature and the type of damage they do ranges greatly, such as:Cause irritation to others Disrupt an email list or online group Steal money Obtain credit card details Build false hopes Abuse children
make up detailed lies
give false information for there own benefits
What is a troll? The term "troll" can mean a number of different things, but in essence, a troll is a person who aims to have 'pleasure' at your expense. There are two main types of trolls:
**people who have the psychological need to feel good by making others feel bad.
This is a sort of "psycho troll", whose deception involves deceiving themselves as well as others. Such people may use their real names on the Internet, and they may not even realize that they are "trolling" because it is all subconscious.
Identity theft is when someone sets up a web page (or uses documents like passports etc) to pretend they are you. Sometimes, on social networking sites, people can set up a page which looks like you made it, but it says mean things about you and makes you look bad. This is a form of harassment and any kind of harassment is not ok.
troll bullies get a perverse sense of satisfaction (called gratification) from sending people flame mail and hate mail. Flame mail is an email whose contents are designed to inflame and enrage. Hate mail is hatred (including prejudice, racism, sexism etc) in an email. Serial bullies, whose behavior profile you'll find in full at Bully Online, harbor a lot of internal aggression which they direct at others. This may include projection, false criticism and patronizing sarcasm whilst contributing nothing of any value. It may also include a common tactic In every case it's a fabrication or a distortion - usually the former. The purpose of this tactic is to wind people up
People who bully are adept at creating conflict between those who would otherwise pool negative information about them. The method of creating conflict is provocation which bullies delight in because they know they can always coerce at least one person to respond in a manner which can then be distorted and used to further flame and inflame people. And so it goes on. The bully then sits back and gains gratification from seeing others engage in destructive behavior towards each other.Scott
Many serial bullies are also serial attention-seekers. More than anything else they want attention. It doesn't matter what type of attention they get, positive or negative, as long as they can provoke someone into paying them attention. It's like a 2-year-old child throwing a tantrum to get attention from a parent.The anger of a serial bully is especially apparent when they come across someone who can see through them to espy the weak, inadequate, immature, dysfunctional aggressive individual behind the mask.
The objectives of bullies are Power, Control, Domination, Subjugation. They get a kick out of seeing you react. It doesn't matter how you react, the fact they've successful provoked a reaction is, to the bully, a sign that their attempt at control have been successful. After that, it's a question of wearing you down. The more your try to explain, negotiate, conciliate, etc the more gratification they obtain from your increasingly desperate attempts to communicate with them. Understand that it is not possible to communicate in a mature adult manner with a disordered individual who's emotionally retarded.The best way to treat bullies is to refuse to respond and to refuse to engage them - which they really hate.
is a convincing, practiced liar and when called to account, will make up anything spontaneously to fit their needs at that moment *has a Jekyll and Hyde nature - is vile, vicious and vindictive in private, but innocent and charming in front of witnesses; no-one can (or wants to) believe this individual has a vindictive nature - only the current target of the serial bully's aggression sees both sides; whilst the Jekyll side is described as "charming" and convincing enough to deceive personnel, management and a tribunal, the Hyde side is frequently described as "evil"; Hyde is the real person, Jekyll is an act *excels at deception and should never be underestimated in their capacity to deceive *uses excessive charm and is always plausible and convincing when peers, superiors or others are present (charm can be used to deceive as well as to cover for lack of empathy) *is glib, shallow and superficial with plenty of fine words and lots of form - but there's no substance *is possessed of an exceptional verbal facility and will outmaneuver most people in verbal interaction, especially at times of conflict *is often described as smooth, slippery, slimy, ingratiating, fawning, toadying, obsequious, sycophantic *relies on mimicry, repetition and regurgitation to convince others that he or she is both a "normal" human being
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