One of our blog readers tipped us off to this article published today in Slate that analyzes the personality traits of people who engage in online trolling:

We already knew this, didn’t we?

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2014/02/internet_troll_personality_study_machiavellianism_narcissism_psychopathy.html

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Their findings were rather disturbing:

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The problem is, how do websites deal with this?  How do they stop online trolls from hurting other people?  It’s a tough question.  We leave our comments open for reader thoughts.

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