New York Times does article on internet trolls.

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Posted this on 2 other sites, might as well post it here too.

This guy went with to met several internet trolls in real life, talked to them on why they troll, etc.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/ma...in&oref=slogin

one guy's response, the comments listed are interesting
http://themedium.blogs.nytimes.com/2...0trolls&st=cse

One of the trolls mentioned in the first article, "Weev" is interviewed by the site corrupt.org
http://www.corrupt.org/act/interviews/weev

the guy's LJ and some more of his explanation and beliefs
http://weev.livejournal.com/305600.html

Kevin Pereira discusses this with Matthias Schwartz on G4TV
http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/..._Internet.html

what do you think ?

I also checked the links, first link does not work (have to register). google "The Trolls Amongst Us" and click the first link to get to the article unhindered.

lol