Internet trolls are a strange thing that has come to life with the different social platforms. I think the first time I realized trolls were a thing was on YouTube. It's really weird and also interesting at the same time that there becomes a community of these trolls that will say anything opposite of the general opinion to get a reaction or to piss people off. It's also hard to not give into the trolls when they are trolling. I often find myself reading comments on YouTube and become extremely offended and want to defend the person's video or point of view that I know is correct. This is exactly what the trolls want and it is too easy for them to get those angry reactions.
Previously to reading this article I had no ida that RIP trolling was a thing. I also was unaware that there were trolls that continually created the same identity, and befriended other trolls. This is a horrible phenomenon that shouldn't be happening. I understand that people troll and it is inevitable, but for a community of trolls to spend their time and energy posting horrible things to these Facebook pages is going too far. They most definitely are crossing the line by making separate Facebook pages just to make fun of the person's RIP page. The fact that these trolls are posting dead baby pictures on a recently deceits children's RIP pages is disturbing as well.
I don't think that there is a good way of controlling these trolls or even to get rid of them, but I do think that there is a way to have trolling not impact people as much. For this to happen, we need to recognize that people are trolls. If we see a comment that is extremely offending or just plain horrible, report it, move on, or even comment, "don't feed the trolls." If more people aren't reacting to these trolls, trolls won't have any motive to keep posting on pages like these. Obviously trolls aren't going away but we can help prevent the spread of the trolling on Facebook pages and other social mediums.
Source: http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3168/3115
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