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Internet trolls, ranked by state

By // September 15, 2017, 4:12 PM PST

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  • 50. New Hampshire

    Toxic comment percentage: 4.7

    Wired Magazine and online comment platform Disqus studied comments from Disqus' 7,000-plus forums to determine which states produced the largest percentage of toxic comments.

    Of the Disqus comments coming from New Hampshire, 4.7 percent were considered over-the-top, conversation-flaming trollery.

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  • 49. Oklahoma

    Toxic comment percentage: 5.2

    Of all commenters in this study, 25 percent made at least one toxic comment, but at just 5.2 percent toxicity, those trolls were mostly outside of Oklahoma.

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  • 48. Wyoming

    Toxic comment percentage: 5.3

    The study even allowed for a certain amount of negativity. It is the internet, after all. Comments that were mean or sarcastic but ostensibly on-topic were not counted among the truly toxic.

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  • 47. West Virginia

    Toxic comment percentage: 5.4

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  • 46. Maine

    Toxic comment percentage: 5.5

    Remember this snickering canine that laughed at your failure to shoot down digital waterfowl? He taught a generation of gamers how to troll.

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  • 45. Montana

    Toxic comment percentage: 5.6

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  • (TIE) 44. Idaho, Hawaii, North Dakota

    Toxic comment percentage: 5.7

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  • 41. Oregon

    Toxic comment percentage: 5.8

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  • (TIE) 40. Alaska, Kentucky, Utah

    Toxic comment percentage: 5.9

    Kentucky native Jennifer Lawrence has strong opinions on internet trolls. In 2014, her phone was hacked, and nude photos and video were posted online for the anonymous masses to comment. She's repeated her unwillingness to engage with the internet in many interviews since.

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  • 37. Kansas

    Toxic comment percentage: 6

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  • 36. Arkansas

    Toxic comment percentage: 6.1

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  • (TIE) 35. Nebraska, South Dakota

    Toxic comment percentage: 6.3

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  • 33. Colorado

    Toxic comment percentage: 6.4

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  • 32. Indiana

    Toxic comment percentage: 6.5

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  • (TIE) 31. Minnesota, Wisconsin

    Toxic comment percentage: 6.6

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  • (TIE) 29. Massachusetts, Washington

    Toxic comment percentage: 6.8

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  • 27. Connecticut

    Toxic comment percentage: 6.9

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  • 26. Arizona

    Toxic comment percentage: 7

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  • 25. North Carolina

    Toxic comment percentage: 7.1

    We're curious how many of these toxic comments are related to college basketball.

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  • (TIE) 24. Ohio, Tennessee

    Toxic comment percentage: 7.2

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  • 22. Missouri

    Toxic comment percentage: 7.3

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  • 21. Maryland

    Toxic comment percentage: 7.4

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  • (TIE) 20. California, Mississippi, Pennsylvania

    Toxic comment percentage: 7.5

    One topic that often brings the comment trolls out of the woodwork is feminism.

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  • 17. Michigan

    Toxic comment percentage: 7.7

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  • 16. New Mexico

    Toxic comment percentage: 7.9

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  • 15. Rhode Island

    Toxic comment percentage: 8

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  • 14. Virginia

    Toxic comment percentage: 8.1

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  • (TIE) 13. Illinois, Texas

    Toxic comment percentage: 8.2

    Chicago suburb Park Forest produces the highest percentage of toxic comments of any city in the United States at a whopping 34 percent. But almost all of those comments are written by just two authors.

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  • 11. New York

    Toxic comment percentage: 8.3

    A federal judge revoked bail for former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli as he awaited sentencing for fraud. Prosecutors argued that Shkreli harassed women online and that he offered his Facebook followers $5,000 to produce a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair. Shkreli apologized in writing, saying he didn't expect anyone would take his comments seriously.

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  • (TIE) 10. Florida, Louisiana

    Toxic comment percentage: 8.6

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  • (TIE) 8. Delaware, New Jersey

    Toxic comment percentage: 8.8

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  • 6. Georgia

    Toxic comment percentage: 9.5

    While Georgia, as a state, is among the top 10 trolliest, Sharpsburg produces the lowest percentage of toxic comments of any city in the country.

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  • 5. Alabama

    Toxic comment percentage: 9.6

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  • 4. South Carolina

    Toxic comment percentage: 9.8

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  • 3. Nevada

    Toxic comment percentage: 10.1

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  • 2. Iowa

    Toxic comment percentage: 10.3

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  • 1. Vermont

    Toxic comment percentage: 12.2

    Vermont has the smallest population in the United States, but it also has the largest percentage of toxic comments.

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50. New Hampshire

Toxic comment percentage: 4.7

Wired Magazine and online comment platform Disqus studied comments from Disqus' 7,000-plus forums to determine which states produced the largest percentage of toxic comments.

Of the Disqus comments coming from New Hampshire, 4.7 percent were considered over-the-top, conversation-flaming trollery.

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