Agree, I've never considered the typical internet troll to have either of those traits. They always seemed equivalent to immature people in real life, only, tro

Agree, I've never considered the typical internet troll to have either of those traits. They always seemed equivalent to immature people in real life, only, trolling being anonymous allows people who'd otherwise be intelligent enough to know how to act to not be considered immature, to be so. I think the latter group are the ones you speak of, and yes, they are often strikingly funny. As for the traits the study focuses on, those are what I myself often indulge in, yet I haven't trolled anywhere, ever, except maybe 4chan in my younger days, and despite having been an internet dweller for the last ten years at least.