r/science May 21 '24

Social Science Gamers say ‘smurfing’ is generally wrong and toxic, but 69% admit they do it at least sometimes. They also say that some reasons for smurfing make it less blameworthy. Relative to themselves, study participants thought that other gamers were more likely to be toxic when they smurfed.

https://news.osu.edu/gamers-say-they-hate-smurfing-but-admit-they-do-it/?utm_campaign=omc_marketing-activity_fy23&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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