How To Detect Trolls
You can detect them right away.
A new study has discovered ways to detect trolls early. According to an 18-month study of online communities, scientists can determine which community members are going to be banned with an 80-percent rate of accuracy.
The report, Antisocial Behavior in Online Discussion Communities, stated that such people can be identified after reading five to 10 posts.
Researchers from Stanford University and Cornell University examined three large online discussing boards: news site CNN.com, political site Brietbart.com and gaming site IGN.com.
Disqus, the platform that hosts comments on the three sites, provided the scientists with “a complete timestamped trace of user activity from March 2012 to August 2013, as well as a list of users that were banned.”
Among the report’s findings, the posts of future-banned users, among those popularly known as trolls, exhibit notable differences from other users. Their posts are more difficult to understand, contain more negative language, including profanity, and use positive or conciliatory language less often. They “make less of an effort to integrate or stay on-topic,” the report said.
Trolls tend to post in individual threads and receive more replies than users on average, “suggesting that they might be successful in luring others into fruitless, time-consuming discussions,” a phenomenon known as “feeding the troll.”
Thank goodness none of these despicable vermin infects Liberaland.
Copyright 2015 Liberaland
By: Suzanne McFly
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CPT_Dixon April 14th, 2015 at 23:14
Thanks Obama
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CandideThirtythree April 14th, 2015 at 23:19
I have to admit that there re a lot less of them here than some other sites but there are a number of RWNJ resident trolls.
CPT_Dixon April 14th, 2015 at 23:32
That’s because Drudge doesn’t link here.
Chinese Democracy April 15th, 2015 at 02:14
I remember back when live chatrooms where a thing. Conservatives on those defined the word troll
CandideThirtythree April 15th, 2015 at 07:18
OMG, I remember It was horrible! It did not matter what the topic was either, it could have been a fan site for comic books and they would still jump in and start calling people potheads and ‘liberals’ like it was a dirty word and the second that anyone responded it was nothing but a tirade of filth.
nobody wanted to moderate that…yuck!
Chinese Democracy April 15th, 2015 at 01:03
but havent we all known this stuff from the time we where like 12? lol Its pretty funny
oldfart April 15th, 2015 at 01:52
trolls don’t bother me, its the ones who really believe the sh*t they are told to say that makes me sick.
Chinese Democracy April 15th, 2015 at 02:13
I don’t think they care if its the truth or not. That’s been proven by FOX time and time again heh
Chinese Democracy April 15th, 2015 at 02:12
1. make an incendiary comment that you know will piss people off.
2. back it up with solid researched facts such as.. I know you are , but what am I
3. Show zero interest in any form of coherent exchange of information.
4. get off sexually on all the attention you are getting .. and the feeling of superiority as you bait people into responding over and over.
5. repeat
William April 15th, 2015 at 08:36
I like trolls. You can find out what’s going on over at the fair and balanced network without actually tuning in. It’s like the readers digest version of right wing wacko media.
Chinese Democracy April 15th, 2015 at 12:06
its funny cuz its true heh
StoneyCurtisll April 15th, 2015 at 10:24
Thank goodness none of these despicable vermin infects Liberaland…
Because there are a good team of Moderators here..
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cecilia April 15th, 2015 at 20:55
loved that show…Clarence lll was my favorite
Hirightnow April 15th, 2015 at 10:32
4.5 start your posts with “Uh-oh”, end it with “lol”, place unsubstantiated lie (with optional link to either a site that doesn’t back up your claim, or a blog) in between.
eyelashviper April 15th, 2015 at 10:39
Loling one’s own posts at the end is a dead giveaway.
StoneyCurtisll April 15th, 2015 at 10:59
That too~!
Chinese Democracy April 15th, 2015 at 15:44
the link thing.. cracks me up every time. Most of the time the link disproves their point
Hirightnow April 15th, 2015 at 16:13
They rarely read past the title…sometimes not even that far.
cecilia April 15th, 2015 at 20:59
THAT is my favorite troll behavior.
not realizing they didn’t even read the link they posted makes me roll with hysterical laughter all over the floor
jasperjava April 15th, 2015 at 10:57
“such people can be identified after reading five to 10 posts.”
Really? It rarely takes me more than one or two.
I’m sometimes guilty of feeding them, though, but often they flail in their own ignorance and can’t or won’t reply.
StoneyCurtisll April 15th, 2015 at 10:57
One or two at best~!
And a simple glance at their profile..
cecilia April 15th, 2015 at 20:54
I know! Right!
I’ve been a moderator of various message boards over the years and it’s fairly obvious immediately. You can almost smell them through the monitor.
StoneyCurtisll April 15th, 2015 at 11:00
Toss in a little narcissistic self aggrandizement..(and the troll is easy to spot)
anothertoothpick April 15th, 2015 at 11:13
If the article is linked by Drudge. You will find many trolls.
tpartynitwit April 15th, 2015 at 12:33
Making no effort to fit in and offering consistently negative comments at RWNJ sites such as Deadbart is a marker of a well adjusted individual. The study is flawed.
CharlieMA April 15th, 2015 at 12:43
Thanks Suzanne , very good .. and appreciated !
Warman1138 April 15th, 2015 at 21:33
Just like adblocker we need trollblocker software and maybe this is the beginning.