A couple of years ago trolling started to become a popular trend in social media. Every single page had at least 5 trolls trying to cause chaos and make people rage for entertainment. However, this was a couple of years ago. Some of us seniors were either in the 8th grade or barely starting the 9th grade. As we have all matured greatly is trolling still a relevant thing? We all know now to ignore those people who try to cause drama on our social media accounts. If those people continue to "troll" then we do something about it and block the person. Being anonymous is major part of the online world. Without being anonymous a majority of people wouldn't try to go online and have fun by trolling. On the other hand, is trolling still that big of a deal anymore? Trolling mainly happens news websites where articles are being posted of recent news. None of us seniors happen to go on those sites unless we have to visit them quickly for a homework assignment or some sort of project. Trolling has been dying over these past couple of years due to the new features of blocking spam accounts or reporting cyber bullying causing these accounts to be deleted. I believe that trolling isn't an issue anymore because the trend has died down and now people are trying to find a new trend to entertain themselves while being behind a screen and key board.
Wouldn't trolling still be a major issue if it affects the news world? Using a minority, such as us seniors, wouldn't be that great of a comparison to the more often viewed part of the Internet. Also, blocking accounts or just ignoring them isn't the most efficient way to remove trolls since it is possible to make an infinite number of different accounts. This is how the same trolls continue to stay anonymous but still do a large amount of damage to online users.
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