The Trolls Among Us
Inside the real lives of people who came early to intentionally provoking, confusing, and generally screwing with strangers online.
Inside the real lives of people who came early to intentionally provoking, confusing, and generally screwing with strangers online.
Mattathias Schwartz New York Times Magazine Aug 2008 20min Permalink
He was an 18 year old Marine bound for Iraq. She was a high school senior in West Virginia. They grew intimate over IM. His dad also started contacting her. No one was who they claimed to be and it led to a murder.
Nadya Labi Wired Aug 2007 15min Permalink
An internet pioneer loses hope in the promise of web culture.
Ron Rosenbaum Smithsonian Jan 2013 5h50min Permalink
A profile Hunter Moore, the founder of the controversial revenge-porn site Is Anyone Up.
Camille Dodero Village Voice Apr 2012 20min Permalink
The eighteen-year-old Moscow dropout behind chatroulette.com.
Julia Ioffe New Yorker May 2010 15min Permalink