Top Ten Reasons Why Online Trolls are Dangerous

We may laugh them out, or take them lightly and consider them insignificant. To some extent that's true. But when trolls touch highly sensitive topics, they can be as dangerous as anyone.
The Top Ten
1 They Spread False Facts as Truth

The biggest mess. Kids, immature people, inexperienced internet users are the biggest victims of this. When you look up for facts and information regarding something on the internet, never go into the chatrooms for advice or information. There is 90% chance you will get trolled. Never do this when you search for sensitive information.

Human psychology is like one hard concrete brick. Once some impression regarding a particular thing is set into your brain, it is hard to remove or change it. Thus even if you learn the the truth after sometime, the false facts you learned in the first place will never leave your head. And that troll will be laughing in anonymity.

2 They Create Online Wars

For this a troll just has to pick up a highly sensitive topic, for example religion. It's not hard for a troll to start an online war, and the more the war propagates, the more the fun for that troll.

Oh man, the YouTube comments section is a war zone, that's why I stopped commenting a long time ago. This is a great list, by the way, Kiteretsunu!

The sad thing is, I'm one of those people who would accidentally fall into one of these wars by saying 'the wrong things'.

3 They Cyberbully

Obviously, hurting other's feelings and making them miserable is evil, but a simple solution to being made fun of via social media, calling, or text is just turning off your phone, or blocking the other person. Just ignore them and the problem won't be a problem anymore. The only exception is when others make legitimate threats. Then the involvement of police is necessary.

These are the worst types of trolls. And they're such cowards who can't say crap to their victims' faces.

Also, those who claim that cyberbullied victims are weak are big fat liars. Why don't they get cyberbullied like hell and see if it's still tolerable.

4 They Spread False Rumors

A staple job for a troll. If you've nothing to do, just start a false rumor. Once a rumor gets popular, it has no traceable origin, and it's pretty hard to find the source of it (or falsify the rumor itself). It's pretty much similar to spreading false facts, but with a difference that a false fact takes the place of truth whereas a rumor is something created in itself.

5 They Mess With Your Brain

That's what trolls love to do. Even you laugh them off, that mess still remains in your brain.

I'm sure you will never be able to forget about a troll...

6 They Dislike Good, Responsible and Accurate Comments

A range of responsible and accurate answers on the yahoo answers will get a number of dislikes, and the bad and inaccurate ones would be left alone (or even would get likes). That's equivalent to spreading false facts.

7 They Never Leave You Alone
8 They Post Fake Questions

Like on Yahoo answers. I got bit by a turtle when I was a young lad, can I still drink orange juice? And idiots in the comments were responding: No! It will activate the turtle venom in your veins!

You'll get plenty of them in forums and yahoo answers. Though a little bit harmless, it's still a pain in the neck.

I see stupid questions on yahoo answers all the time!

9 They Spam

Posting a single comment again and again just to prove a point. The worst victim of this was the "Most Hated Countries" list present on the TheTopTens.

10 They Post Hateful Comments

I just feel sad for those who do this. They must be so lonely and desperate.

A way of spreading hate. Be it YouTube or any chat room.

The Contenders
11 They Wish Death Upon Others
12 They Make War Predictions

War can be scary to millions of innocent people. Right now (a few days before the 2016 election), online news website are spreading false things about Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump and make Vladmir Putin (the Russia president) look bad by spreading WWIII rumors. I can't even go on Google without seeing a thing about politics or false things about both presidential candidates. News websites have turned into troll headquarters and spammed false things about Clinton and Trump. WWIII could happen one day but no one will ever know when it will happen. No one knows if it will be nuclear (like what all websites say) or similar to the Cold War or WWII. This all happened around a month before the 2016 election (Early October 2016) and now (as of November 6, 2016 just two days before the election). I will not go on Google, YouTube or any popular website until Wednesday November 9, 2016 (a day after the election) when all random and scary things that look true but are pretty much 85% false will be a thing in the past.

13 They Dox People
14 They Make Hatred and Bigotry Seem More Normal and Accepted
15 They Make Light of Serious and Important Topics
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