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I know you are a bad-faith bot account, so this is not posed to you. I am wondering why there are so many of these accounts popping up. They seemingly only exi

I know you are a bad-faith bot account, so this is not posed to you. I am wondering why there are so many of these accounts popping up. They seemingly only exist to antagonize. What do their operators get out of that?

junon 4mo ago
What do 14 year olds get out of trolling anything? A cheap grin and something to do on an after school evening.
- conception 4mo ago
  And nation state actors actively attempting to disrupt western society.
  - junon 4mo ago
    They're not doing that from HN by posting edgy comments. We're not a high priority, they target social media with billions of users.
detritus 4mo ago
heh, funny you say that - I just yesterday almost bit at some obvious Nego-Trolling on here and remembered "Just don't engage". Some people, for some reason at certain points in their life, just want to shit on other people's stuff, any way that they can, for... reasons. I mean, clearly it's not to make themselves feel better, because how on Earth could that work? There's no value in engaging, in any way whatsover. Sadly there's very little that can be done to prevent that form of human behaviour, without otherwise souring the experience for the generality. *shrug, whatchagonnado?
- nutjob2 4mo ago
  > I mean, clearly it's not to make themselves feel better, because how on Earth could that work? When you're really, really angry you look for an outlet. Some people kick the dog, some abuse their gf/wife/kids, others troll on online forums.
  - detritus 4mo ago
    Yeah, I get that. But does it actually make them feel better? What do they say about sugaring trauma?
- AnimalMuppet 4mo ago
  It can make them feel better by giving them a chance to look down on someone else. (The "looking down" doesn't have to be the content of the post - the act of trolling is a form of looking down on someone.)
  - scns 4mo ago
    > It can make them feel better by giving them a chance to look down on someone else. That's the idea but it does not work. Self esteem is still negative afterwards
    - MadnessASAP 4mo ago
      Whether or not it works isn't what matters. It's whether or not the perpetrator, consciously or not, believes it works.
nutjob2 4mo ago
Welcome to the general public. You'll meet all the people you go to great lengths to avoid in the real wold, online.

junon 4mo ago

What do 14 year olds get out of trolling anything? A cheap grin and something to do on an after school evening.

conception 4mo ago
And nation state actors actively attempting to disrupt western society.
- junon 4mo ago
  They're not doing that from HN by posting edgy comments. We're not a high priority, they target social media with billions of users.

detritus 4mo ago

heh, funny you say that - I just yesterday almost bit at some obvious Nego-Trolling on here and remembered "Just don't engage". Some people, for some reason at certain points in their life, just want to shit on other people's stuff, any way that they can, for... reasons. I mean, clearly it's not to make themselves feel better, because how on Earth could that work? There's no value in engaging, in any way whatsover. Sadly there's very little that can be done to prevent that form of human behaviour, without otherwise souring the experience for the generality. *shrug, whatchagonnado?

nutjob2 4mo ago
> I mean, clearly it's not to make themselves feel better, because how on Earth could that work? When you're really, really angry you look for an outlet. Some people kick the dog, some abuse their gf/wife/kids, others troll on online forums.
- detritus 4mo ago
  Yeah, I get that. But does it actually make them feel better? What do they say about sugaring trauma?
AnimalMuppet 4mo ago
It can make them feel better by giving them a chance to look down on someone else. (The "looking down" doesn't have to be the content of the post - the act of trolling is a form of looking down on someone.)
- scns 4mo ago
  > It can make them feel better by giving them a chance to look down on someone else. That's the idea but it does not work. Self esteem is still negative afterwards
  - MadnessASAP 4mo ago
    Whether or not it works isn't what matters. It's whether or not the perpetrator, consciously or not, believes it works.

nutjob2 4mo ago

Welcome to the general public. You'll meet all the people you go to great lengths to avoid in the real wold, online.