|
laineyjade -> The Psychology of Trolls (5/18/2010 4:26:28 AM)
|
I have been doing an informal study on the psychology of the creatures called Trolls. By trolls I mean men who spam multiple profiles with the same letter consisting usually of their sexual fantasy, without regard for whether the women they're spamming are owned, lesbians, or anything else which would clearly indicate the woman is uninterested in them.
I have been interviewing every troll who writes to me. Many of them are delighted to receive any response, so they are happy to answer my questions, even though many of them are suspicious and confused about receiving an interested response. Here are my findings:
All trolls claim to read profiles thoroughly. When quizzed, I have found that many of them actually have skimmed a few words of my profile. The few words they have read can appear anywhere in the profile, at the beginning, middle or end. Apparently these words leap out at them and mesmerize them to the exclusion of anything else in the profile.
As others have postulated, trolls follow an economy of cost/benefit analysis. Rather than taking time with any one profile, their tactic is to hit as many profiles as quickly as possible. They realize their return per hit is dismally low, so they must hit as frequently and indiscriminately as they can.
Trolls blame women for their spam tactics. Their logic goes that even thoughtful, well written letters usually receive no reply, so that it is pointless to approach any women thoughtfully. Women are thus to blame for male spamming tactics and have no right to complain about being spammed.
Even in the instances where the words that leap out at them in the profile are "Lesbian" or "Owned", this does not deter the troll from writing. This is because trolls think women put those things there as a hoax and do not really mean them. Upon further questioning, trolls tend to believe one or both of two things:
1. That the available woman has put the words there in order to fool trolls into not writing them, and that they are the one perceptive troll who can see through this tactic.
2. That "owned" and "lesbian" are relative rather than absolute statements, and that even owned and lesbian women sometimes magically change their minds and become attracted to trolls.
Trolls have been told off so many times that they do realize they are trolls and that their letters are offensive and unwanted. Trolls have very thick skins and do not take insults personally. Like bill collectors, they expect to be yelled at and told off, and that doesn't bother them. Negative attention is better than no attention.
Trolls are perfectly aware that no woman will come within 10 feet of them. They are amazed by receiving any response showing any interest in them. Their hopes are so low that even a "no thank you" feeds and encourages them because it is still some sort of contact from a woman. A "no thank you" seems like an open invitation to a troll to pursue the woman rather than taking it as a rebuff.
Trolls are unaware that other men use more successful tactics. They believe all men behave similarly to them and that no man is generally successful at retaining the interest of a woman. They become confused when it is pointed out to them that some men are in fact successful, and believe that success was based upon spamming more intensely. This is congruent with their belief that "owned" is a temporary, transient condition.
Trolls have an active hatred of women. To them, women are walking vaginas that irrationally persist in refusing men entry. Trolls cannot think of any good reason why women deny them sex and think they are doing it out of spite and to keep men frustrated. This belief is surprisingly similar to rapists.
In conclusion, trolls are similar to bill collectors and telemarketers and Jehovah's Witnesses. Their motto is "It never hurts to try." They have sociopathic tendencies in that peoples' reactions to them do not bother them and even minuscule returns make it worth their while. They have an inkling that what they are doing is wrong, but justify it by blaming women for their lack of availability. They hate women and would take them by force if they could get away with it.
Thank you for reading this pseudo-psychological study on Trolls.
|
|
|
|
