A primary argument towards "victims" of trolling is that there are people behind the articles. These people feel entitled that they should be given the respect of a human being, in which they should. Similarly, trolls are people as well. Trolls are seen as inhumane, but trolls are just as human as you and me. A study I found conducted at Stanford examines how good people become bad online trolls. I encourage you guys to read this how this study examines the behavior of trolling. Everyone has bad days and says things they shouldn't, and social media has only magnified this by making impulsive actions easier and quicker.
In addition, I think the term trolling is becoming a very vague concept. Like we discussed in class, there are numerous types of trolling: social media trolls, video game trolls, news article comment trolls, etc. This broad term leads to a discrepancy in which there can't really be an exact solution to. Do we react to video game trolling the same as news article trolls? Well, in video games there isn't always a report option, and similarly video game trolls are not being as degrading as news article trolls. Video game trolls are only trying to anger the other players, whereas news article trolls are similar but target a specific subject. This difference causes the feeling for the "victim"to be different. While video gamers may simply play a different game, news article writers feel trapped. These type of differences causes more confusion in finding a solution. I think there should be a stronger separation between harmless trolling and harmful trolling.
Do you guys agree with me or not? I'm only one opinion.
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