Texas Ranked Among States With The Most Internet Trolls

Internet trolls, be gone!

A new study found about 24%, or one in four of social media users in Texas have admitted to trolling someone in the Internet in the past, according to a survey by Redact.dev, a service that can mass delete your messages and social media posts.

An internet troll is defined as: "To antagonize (others) online by deliberately posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other disruptive content." About 28% of social media users have been the victim of internet trolling, according to KGUN 9.

Texas' 18% is higher than the national average of about 16%. Texas is tied for 10th place for the most internet trolls in the U.S., along with Minnesota, Nevada and South Carolina.

According to the survey, 73% of Americans said they would report someone they knew if they were an internet troll. Almost half of Americans think internet trolling should be a crime under federal law and over 10% say the punishment should be community service.

Here's a look at internet trolls by state, according to Redact.dev's survey:

1. West Virginia: 27%
2. Kansas: 26%
3. Oklahoma: 24%
4. Colorado, Maine: 23%
5. North Carolina: 23%
6. Florida, Georgia, Rhode Island: 22%
7. Alaska, Nebraska: 21%
8. New Jersey 20%
9. Arizona, Iowa, Pennsylvania: 19%
10. Minnesota, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas: 18%
11. California, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee: 17%
12. Alabama, Maryland, New York, Oregon: 16%
13. Idaho, Vermont, Wisconsin: 15%
14. Indiana, Louisiana, South Dakota, Utah: 14%
15. Illinois, Michigan, Missouri: 13%
16. Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Virginia: 12%
17. Arkansas, Montana: 10%
18. Washington: 9%
19. New Mexico, Wyoming: 8%
20. Connecticut, North Dakota: 7%
21. Hawaii: 6%
22. Delaware: 5%