From the Huffington Post: "The More You Comment Online, The Dumber Your Comments Become: Science explains why trolls are the worst."
The headline doesn't help matters. Computer scientists looked at 40 million Reddit comments and found that as users posted more often, their comments became less complex and sophisticated. Basically, they became shorter, which makes sense in protracted discussions or flame wars, although the study did not examine whether the comments became nastier. Remember, too, that this is Reddit, which has its own community and culture.
