Ken M

Kenneth McCarthy (born around 1980 in Florida[1]), known under his nickname Ken M, is an Internet troll famous for his humorous comments on news websites. He worked as a copywriter for Comedy Central and a columnist for College Humor[1] and started commenting as Ken M in 2011 on various websites, mostly Yahoo and The Huffington Post.[2] As he said himself, his aim was to turn a toxic space into a source of belly laughter.[1] His satirical, ignorant comments over the years made him widely considered one of the most prolific Internet trolls[1][3] gaining thousands of fans on Facebook, Twitter, his subreddit and Tumblr where he posts screenshots of all his comments as HorseySurprise.[3][4] Ken M was named one of the most influential people on the Internet by Time Magazine in 2016[3] and 'The Rembrandt of Yahoo Comment Trolling' by Uproxx website.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Natasha Umer (October 3, 2015). "Tracking Down Ken M, One of the Internet's Most Accidentally Prolific Trolls". Upvoted.
  2. ↑ Kaila Hale-Stern (October 28, 2015). "Ken M Is The Most Epic Troll on the Internet". Gizmodo.
  3. 1 2 3 Samantha Grossman (March 16, 2016). "The 30 Most Influential People on the Internet". Time.
  4. 1 2 Caleb Reading (February 10, 2012). "Meet Ken M, The Rembrandt of Yahoo Comment Trolling". Uproxx.
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