Hmmm, I seem to have met one of these before......
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/online-trolls-are-psychopaths-and-sadists-psychologists-claim-9134396.html
^ This was in the Washington Post last week.
Trolls are sadists you say? Why, I had no idea!
This is what I always said when we heard the excuse oh it's online. It's not the real world. Well it is interaction that mirrors real life social situations. They're just saddos at the end of the day. Like all self serving sadistic wankers
I don't buy this psycho-babble for one moment. There is simply insufficient pleasure to be found in trolling to satiate the dark triad personality. "as any fule kno".
It's starts off with YouTube comments then it moves to torturing pets. Next thing your filling up your deep freeze with eastern European sex workers it's a well established trend!
Brave new world.
^ I must politely disagree Heppy. Being a nasty, small minded, cowardly troll really doesn't equate to sociopathic narcissism. I will concede that there is perhaps some overlap, in that occasionally dark triad personality types may indulge in trolling, but to the main 'real life' is the pleasure for the callous thrill-seeker.
All it is are dark astral entities acting through people causing them to make mischief.