Rise of the soft troll: why do we (privately) pick apart strangers on the internet?

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Rise of the soft troll: why do we (privately) pick apart strangers on the internet?

By Katie Rosseinsky

2 years ago

10 min read

If trolling is an all-out attack, soft trolling is something altogether more covert – so why do we (privately) pick apart strangers on the internet?


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