Trevor's Axiom

From Cognitive Attack Taxonomy

Trevor's Axiom

Short Description: Trolling method intended to elicit responses from third parties on social media.

CAT ID: CAT-2022-211

Layer: 8

Operational Scale: Multiple Scales

Level of Maturity: Theoretical

Category: Exploit

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Detailed Description: Trevor's Axiom states that a troll (Person A) targets (Person B), with the intention of eliciting a reaction from a third party (Person C), whose reaction sparks a chain reaction of responses from others in the online community and eventually draws in multitudes of others into the online debate.

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