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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