to look at whether troll interaction shapes perceptions of trust, voting behavior, and other more indirect forms of influence."

"In short, ours is a very preliminary study of an extremely complex issue, and above all we need many more studies to understand how trolling by foreign adversaries impacts the American electorate."

Ultimately, what the trolls do is amplification which seeps into the mainstream. I can't believe some of the stuff I hear from people who barely pay attention to the news but for some reason have knowledge about republican conspiracy theories and speak about them as truth(amplification of lies over and over). Don't worry, I always set them straight.