What Research Shows About Internet Trolls

You don’t have to respond to them, but it helps to understand them.

Beth Bradford, Ph.D.
ILLUMINATION
Published in
3 min readDec 31, 2021

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Internet trolls — you can’t live with them, and you can’t spray them with Raid.

I typically don’t respond to internet trolls because that’s really what they want — to get an emotional reaction out of you. It’s one thing to disagree with someone, but…

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Beth Bradford, Ph.D.
ILLUMINATION

Former TV person, college professor and media researcher. Ironman triathlete, meditation teacher and yoga instructor. https://www.brad4d-wellness.com