Podcast 62: The Psychology of Trolling (Patreon)

Why do people troll other players in video games? Do they get something out of it or are they just "broken"? A lot of us like to think the latter, but some researchers are starting to investigate exactly why people troll in video games and in general.

  Links:

•  https://twitter.com/christinelcookl 
•  https://socialinteractionlab.com/ 

Audio Credits:

• “Robot Motivation” by The Polish Ambassador, licensed under Creative Commons: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
• Hitman by Kevin MacLeod. Link:   https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3880-hitman    License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 
• Children Laughing Sound by Mike Koenig  http://soundbible.com/1848-Children-Laughing.html