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After Hours

Internet trolls, ranked by state

By Jessica Learish September 14, 2017, 3:00 PM PDT

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Internet trolls, ranked by state

50. New Hampshire

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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

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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

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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

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47. West Virginia

Toxic comment percentage: 5.4

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46. Maine

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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

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45. Montana

Toxic comment percentage: 5.6

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(TIE) 44. Idaho, Hawaii, North Dakota

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(TIE) 44. Idaho, Hawaii, North Dakota

Toxic comment percentage: 5.7

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41. Oregon

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41. Oregon

Toxic comment percentage: 5.8

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(TIE) 40. Alaska, Kentucky, Utah

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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

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37. Kansas

Toxic comment percentage: 6

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36. Arkansas

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36. Arkansas

Toxic comment percentage: 6.1

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(TIE) 35. Nebraska, South Dakota

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(TIE) 35. Nebraska, South Dakota

Toxic comment percentage: 6.3

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33. Colorado

33. Colorado

Toxic comment percentage: 6.4

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32. Indiana

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32. Indiana

Toxic comment percentage: 6.5

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(TIE) 31. Minnesota, Wisconsin

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(TIE) 31. Minnesota, Wisconsin

Toxic comment percentage: 6.6

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(TIE) 29. Massachusetts, Washington

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(TIE) 29. Massachusetts, Washington

Toxic comment percentage: 6.8

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27. Connecticut

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27. Connecticut

Toxic comment percentage: 6.9

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26. Arizona

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26. Arizona

Toxic comment percentage: 7

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25. North Carolina

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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

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(TIE) 24. Ohio, Tennessee

Toxic comment percentage: 7.2

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22. Missouri

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22. Missouri

Toxic comment percentage: 7.3

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21. Maryland

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21. Maryland

Toxic comment percentage: 7.4

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(TIE) 20. California, Mississippi, Pennsylvania

(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

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17. Michigan

Toxic comment percentage: 7.7

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16. New Mexico

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16. New Mexico

Toxic comment percentage: 7.9

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15. Rhode Island

15. Rhode Island

Toxic comment percentage: 8

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14. Virginia

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14. Virginia

Toxic comment percentage: 8.1

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(TIE) 13. Illinois, Texas

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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

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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

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(TIE) 10. Florida, Louisiana

Toxic comment percentage: 8.6

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(TIE) 8. Delaware, New Jersey

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(TIE) 8. Delaware, New Jersey

Toxic comment percentage: 8.8

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6. Georgia

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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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4. South Carolina

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4. South Carolina

Toxic comment percentage: 9.8

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3. Nevada

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3. Nevada

Toxic comment percentage: 10.1

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2. Iowa

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2. Iowa

Toxic comment percentage: 10.3

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1. Vermont

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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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