Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Mark Twain*Colloquially, a cyberpath is defined as an individual with a pathological disorder(evidencing a mentally disturbed condition) who has access to the internet and uses the internet as a medium for acting out his or her pathology. Another definition is that a cyberpath has come to mean a psychopath who uses the internet to find, stalk, and exploit others either online or in real life.
Many cyberpaths appear to be seeking only thrills and restrict their activity to the internet only, never seeking direct contact. This type of individual moves from victim to victim, easily becoming bored.
Because psychological and emotional dominance are what they seek - and usually achieve - they leave a trail of psychological damage behind them. Other cyberpaths utilize the internet to find victims that they then proceed to exploit directly.
For the "strict" cyberpaths, (those that never seek face to face contact), accumulating followers that accept their dominance are very important. The followers give adulation to the cyberpath, this follows a pattern very similar to cults.
Very often, cyberpaths will also be insulting and humiliating (in written words) in order to assert their dominance. They may seek out confidential information from online sources or from another individual and use it to embarrass or harass a third individual. They may also use this confidential information about their victims to threaten or extort the victim; should their true agendas be found and/or exposed.
The cyberpath very often demonstrates other characteristics of pathological disorders such as pathologically lying.
*Disseminating information regarding a new pathology.
This is not my opinion, simply an article on what is thought to be a new pathology as per online research on the subject.
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