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AnimalMuppetyesterday at 6:13 PM1 replyview on HN

It can make them feel better by giving them a chance to look down on someone else. (The "looking down" doesn't have to be the content of the post - the act of trolling is a form of looking down on someone.)


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scnsyesterday at 6:31 PM

> It can make them feel better by giving them a chance to look down on someone else.

That's the idea but it does not work. Self esteem is still negative afterwards

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