As denizens of the internet, most of us are familiar with the trolls. In this episode of SciShow, learn a little about how social scientists think trolls came to be, and how online communities are figuring it all out. Learn more about Butt Hair: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgsdhmLrLPA Learn more about Trolling: youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?t=42s Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kathy & Tim Philip, Kevin Bealer, Andreas Heydeck, Thomas J., Accalia Elementia, Will and Sonja Marple. James Harshaw, Justin Lentz, Chris Peters, Bader AlGhamdi, Benny, Tim Curwick, Philippe von Bergen, Patrick Merrithew, Fatima Iqbal, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick D. Ashmore, and charles george. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/30/online-aggression www.academia.edu/3658367/The_online_disinhibition_effect www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/troll papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2179886 archive.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/16-02/mf_goons?currentPage=all www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886914000324 www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2014/02/internet_troll_personality_study_machiavellianism_narcissism_psychopathy.html members.shaw.ca/ssucur/materials/02_selected_notes/06_tempest/03_PaulhusWilliams.pdf www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/basics/definition/con-20025568 www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-psychopath-means/ www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html?_r=0 www.theguardian.com/media-network/media-network-blog/2014/sep/18/psychology-internet-trolls-pewdiepie-youtube-mary-beard www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/12015777/Psychology-of-a-troll-free-speech-or-pure-sadism.html www.internetworldstats.com/top25.htm america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2015/6/9/troll-hunter-confronts-swedens-anonymous-internet-haters.html www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/02/what-happened-confronted-cruellest-troll-lindy-west Image Sources: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trollet_som_grunner_p%C3%A5_hvor_gammelt_det_er.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anonymous_emblem.svg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli#/media/File:Portrait_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli_by_Santi_di_Tito.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narcissus-Caravaggio_(1594-96)_edited.jpg

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