Is it possible to eliminate online trolling?

            Online trolling is becoming a more serious problem as time goes on. The purpose of trolling is finding “humor” in terrible situations and joking around, but sometimes trolling can turn into harassment. The comments meant to be jokes are taking too far and can cause serious consequences. In the article, “Internet Trolls: What to do about the scourge about the web?” the author, Nick Thompson discusses possible measures that can be taken to reduce the presence of trolls. Thompson explains that some sites such as Facebook have put in more effort to eliminate hateful comments. The vice president of Facebook, Marne Levine clarified, “In recent days, it has become clear that our systems to identify and remove hate speech have failed to work effectively as we would like...” Eliminating the rude comments still will not reduce trolling. The author later suggests that taking away the ability to comment anonymously will lower the trolling rate. I agree that this is the method is the best way. If people aren’t allowed to hide their true identities they are less likely to be as cruel as they would be under a fake identity. However, there are some people who don’t care and would be equally as cruel to someone’s face and behind a computer screen. I don’t think eliminating online trolling completely will ever be possible, but taking away the anonymous aspect is a good start.