Trolls In Their Natural Habitats: An Analysis Of Comments On TED Talks

Regina Dugan, Former Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Gave a TED Talk in 2012 Think of it as a study of the natural behaviors of the troll. A team of information science researchers recently analyzed the comments people make on recorded TED talks. Actually, the researchers found that the majority of comments related to the content of the talks (progress!). But they also found that about six percent of YouTube comments on TED talks are insults and that female TED present...