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As an early user of the Internet, I was taught "don't feed the troll". We also, once a troll was persistent and identified, banned them.

Do today's users feed them, have they not got the message I learnt, or is it that today's web tools allows a troll to be fed much easily?

I see the need for moderation, (4chan is actually heavily moderated as an example) and I also see the need for users to have the skills in identifying and not feeding trolls. Identifing trolls and actively not feeding takes effort. Perhaps todays web assumes users shouldn't expend effort and are overly moderated. Freedom Vs comfort?

We have long since entered into an "Eternal September" in regards to things like this. For everyone that knows not to feed the trolls there are seven people who are happy to do it.

Trolls are also getting increasingly more adept at not appearing like trolls - their entire goal is to draw you in, if it's too easy to spot then it doesn't work. They adapt and evolve just like the rest of us.

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