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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Oct 15

    One explanation for Internet trolling: People with sadistic personalities (yes, there are some) have been given a tool for costless infliction of pain. Journal of Personality - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jopy.12393#.W8Shx31GLFk.twitter …

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      2. AweThor‏ @AWETH0R Oct 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        A corollary of which is that the remainder of the internet is composed of masochists, who engage online in the full understanding that they are going to be disagreed with, ridiculed and insulted.

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      1. Josh Young‏ @Pebilort Oct 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        I think talk of 'personalities' undervalues how universal the compulsion to exercise control and power over others is. It does not require sadism to act cruelly towards others if you yourself are separate from the direct or even indirect consequences of it.

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      2. Flame's #1 Fan‏ @waitforpopcorn Oct 15

        also -- there is also no visual response to the cruelty inflicted or--- people are cruel and mean when there are no consequences.

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      1. Aprendizaje Colectivo  🇦🇷 - Nobleza Obliga‏ @Citizen_BA Oct 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        Maybe another explanation: Primitive cultures used to use masks as an instrument to express a latent possibility in the individual. The person manages to transform himself into the character he has chosen by putting on the mask and assuming that personality. @sebacampanario 💡

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      1. Kali Desu‏ @KaliDesuAU Oct 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        Lies false data, seg fault...pic.twitter.com/BhYIdIQKcC

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      2. my gf's bday is oct 31st‏ @dz__p Oct 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        if you don't understand what internet trolling is a symptom of at this point, don't lecture people about what the future should look like. you're in out of your depth pinky

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      1.  🦉 Wisdomination  🦉‏ @Supreme_Owl_FTW Oct 15
        Replying to @sapinker

         🦉 Wisdomination  🦉 Retweeted  🦉 Wisdomination  🦉

        Nuh uh.https://twitter.com/supreme_owl_ftw/status/1051189840686010368?s=21 …

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         🦉 Wisdomination  🦉 @Supreme_Owl_FTW
        The Internet is an attention economy. Come to think of it, so is our world now. The two most effective ways to get attention are whining and provocation. Is it any surprise those are the camps we got?
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      1. Bill‏ @SuUm4ya Oct 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        And we feed them when we respond.

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      2. Mr. Crowne‏ @Mr_Crowne Oct 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        This is why I argue that anonymity should be removed in full. I mean, technically no one is anonymous anyways. All it takes to remove someones illusion of anonymity is to use a couple programs and a little bit of dedication and time. Anonymity is an illusion. A hallucination.

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      3. Depopulator: Danzig With Myself  💀‏ @Depopulatus Oct 25
        Replying to @Mr_Crowne @sapinker

        Good idea. Who needs samizdat? The state religion is best, everyone knows that.

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      4. Mr. Crowne‏ @Mr_Crowne Oct 25
        Replying to @Depopulatus @sapinker

        Thing is, you don't need anonymity to fight against a corrupt state. All you need is courage and a backbone. Anonymity may help with that, but it also comes at the cost of giving protection to those who don't need nor deserve it. You don't need the illusion. It needs you.

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      5. Depopulator: Danzig With Myself  💀‏ @Depopulatus Oct 25
        Replying to @Mr_Crowne @sapinker

        >Anyone who would be executed or whose life would be ruined by sharing an opinion deserves such a fate. Courage is enough. Fuck everyone else. Yeah, you’re not getting it. Btw give me your full name and address. If not, why not?

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      6. Mr. Crowne‏ @Mr_Crowne Oct 25
        Replying to @Depopulatus @sapinker

        Furthermore, this is just cognitive dissonance on your part friend. Understandable that you would resort to it, as many are afraid of losing their anonymity. But that's the whole point of my profile. Everything in my profile is a Rorschach image. The name, the pic. All of it.

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      7. Depopulator: Danzig With Myself  💀‏ @Depopulatus Oct 25
        Replying to @Mr_Crowne @sapinker

        Just give me your name, address and phone number if you’re not afraid of anonymity. God, those Soviet dissidents were such pussies using noms de plume. They should have been courageous like you, Mr. Anonymous!

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      8. Mr. Crowne‏ @Mr_Crowne Oct 25
        Replying to @Depopulatus @sapinker

        As I already said. It's all available on the internet if you know how to find it. I don't have to tell you if you are proficient with the internet.

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      9. Depopulator: Danzig With Myself  💀‏ @Depopulatus Oct 25
        Replying to @Mr_Crowne @sapinker

        So is mine. What’s your point? I’m anonymous here. Good luck finding me.

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