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Internet trolling behavior according to U.S. online users 2017

Which of the following behaviors do you think constitute internet trolling?

The data describes a ranking of the online behavior most commonly labeled as online trolling according to internet users in the U.S. During the August 2017 survey, 52% of respondents stated that deliberately making inflammatory statements counted as as online trolling. Over half of respondents felt that being abusive towards someone because of their opinion was trolling behavior.

Deliberately making inflammatory statements	52
Being abusive to someone because of their opinion	54
Picking on another person or small group of people for any reason	50
Deliberately making controversial statements	42
Using a comments section or chatroom to further one's own opinion, even if it has nothing to do with the topic of said comments section/chatroom	35
Calling someone else (e.g. fellow commentator, article writer, etc.) an offensive name	47
Belittling someone for not understanding a concept or previously presented piece of information	46
Being stubborn about one's own opinion	17
Other	2
Not applicable - no behavior constitutes internet trolling	5
Don't know	14

Internet trolling behavior according to U.S. online users 2017

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