Trolls of Lemmy, what is up with that? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by Silentiea@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I can understand the desire to get as many downvotes as possible on reddit. I don't sympathize, but I can at least see where people are coming from. Because Reddit gives you that total and shows it to you.

And I'm sure it's possible to use an API to really that number up on Lemmy, but "total karma" doesn't seem to be something Lemmy cares about by default, so where is the motivation coming from?

Is it just the same reason people have always been trolls? Because I've never quite understood that, either

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[-] Silentiea@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

Trolls are just bullies, I guess.

I guess that's the root of it. I don't really understand the mentality of bullies.

Like, the kid who gets picked on and stays picking on the smaller kids when he gets bigger because his home life sucks and that's just always the way it's been for him... I maybe get it, but I don't think anyone thinks that's a good way to be, and they can stop once they start interacting with a better social group and see how it can be better. Right?

Is it really just that but online, or what have you? Idgi

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 6 points 6 months ago

I guess for some people there's no "good" or "bad" way to be. There's just the real world, and that's it.

If people have been through abuse and trauma, they've been surrounded by people who think that power is the most important thing. And I guess that gets internalised to the extent that "strong" and "weak" becomes their axis instead of "right" and "wrong".

I think it's rather telling that the narrative that these people lay out usually revolves around the idea that people should get a thicker skin or learn to deal with it.

And sadly, I don't think people that have gone through those things are able to find and maintain a good social group of positive people.

[-] Silentiea@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

That tracks, I suppose. Kinda makes me want to help somehow...

[-] otacon239@feddit.de 7 points 6 months ago

I’ve found that unless you already know someone at a personal level, someone that thinks they don’t need help is unable to accept it. In their mind, needing help means they weren’t strong to begin with. It’s a show of humility to ask for help. Humility is often misinterpreted as weakness.

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