From: kym@kymhorsell.com   
      
   Unum  wrote:   
   > https://gizmodo.com/online-trolls-actually-just-assholes-all-t   
   e-time-stud-1847575210   
   > The internet doesn't turn people into assholes so much as it acts as a   
   massive   
   > megaphone for existing ones, according to work by researchers at Aarhus   
   > University.   
   > their data pointed to online interactions largely mirroring offline behavior,   
   > with people predisposed to aggressive, status-seeking behavior just as   
   > unpleasant in person as behind a veil of online anonymity, and choosing to be   
   > jerks as part of a deliberate strategy rather than as a consequence of the   
   > format involved.   
   > toxic online political discussions are disproportionately driven by malicious   
   > individuals taking advantage of the megaphone offered.   
      
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