The Psychology of a Social Media TROLL
You've seen them. The social media comments that seem to come out of nowhere. They are filled with such hate you have to do a double take because you can't believe what your reading. You may assume the poster has a personal beef with the receiver or you are missing something because it's so personal. So disrespectful, so inappropriate. You may have just sighted a not so elusive social media troll. They are growing in number. They spend most of their day making personal attacks at celebrities and random people on social media. I've always been really intrigued by what motivates people. WHAT they say isn't as important as what made them say it. I have several categories of trolls but what I've always found is their home life is really tough. It doesn't excuse at all the repulsive and repugnant attacks online but it can give you some insight into why they would dare to even hit send. Knowing the profile of a person like this makes me so much less offended. I...