Opinion

Why We Love Taking Part in Online Pile-Ons

BURN, PEOPLE, BURN

When you’re performing how righteous you are—and how wrong the bad person is—the viciousness is the point.

George Styles 

Researcher

J. W. Traphagan 

Professor

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George Styles

George Styles

Researcher

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J. W. Traphagan

J. W. Traphagan

Professor

john_traphagan

jtraphagan@aya.yale.edu

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