Don't feed the troll

As an avid internet user for the last couple of years, I've seen many different forms of trolling and how people react to it. Many tend to be "salty" and argue with the person who is trolling, and usually trolls will continue with smart comments which will cause others to want to continue the comment train. This type of negative response is what trolls want, and they enjoy seeing others overreact in ways that they themselves cannot take very seriously. Trolls thrive because their comments and actions gain so much unneeded attention. The best way to deal with trolls from my experience is to ignore them. "Don't feed the troll" as I put it, don't give trolls the attention that causes them to eat off of it and grow. You can block or mute certain users that serve no other purpose than to annoy you or others. By ignoring trolls, you effectively starve them out, and their power and motivation starts to diminish. It's not very hard to deal with trolls, you simply just have to do nothing to make them want to continue.

Along with dealing with trolls, I'd also like to think why trolling is an issue nowadays. While it can be simply people who want to cause trouble for other people, it can also be an experiment for how us humans tend to react in certain situations. Trolling can also serve as an exploitation of today's society, which has become more politically correct and safe, and you have to be careful not to offend anyone about pretty much anything. Trolls are the ones who disapprove of things like this, and as a result they use those as their grounds for incivility. Perhaps this is a weakness in our society, and if people weren't "triggered" or offended as easily, trolling may not be as much of a potential problem as it is now.
Maybe the problem of trolling is one that's self-imposed on us. WE'RE the ones that are causing it to become a problem, and WE'RE the ones that encourage the trolls to gain more power. Every time a trolling account is banned, or a user blocks the troll, they feel that they have won. Every news article that is written about trolling spreads its influence and encourages them to try harder. Completely ignoring the issue is what might solve the problem, don't treat it as a serious Internet problem, just random troublemakers who have nothing better to do. Of course, it's hard not to ignore it in severe cases like Zelda Williams, but at that point should it be considered trolling? Or a different thing entirely, like cyberbullying?  Either way, the issue on trolling is something that we perhaps allowed ourselves to happen, and the main thing causing it to grow is our insecurity.