Internet Bias In Today's Society With Social Media

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Internet trolls have become an increasingly larger problem in today’s society with social media growing to such popularity. Practically anyone can sign up for social media and get involved with a couple clicks here and there. Without identification needed to sign up, the anonymity of it can be great. Being unknown is a huge part of internet trolls; if they were not anonymous most, if not all, of them would no longer be around. An internet troll is simply someone who joins into a conversation and posts comments that are intended to get people’s attention by upsetting them or disrupting the discussion. The role of anonymous free speech is being able to have a voice. Some people are afraid of saying what is on their mind in person due to the repercussions that may follow. It is much easier to sit behind a keyboard any type exactly what is on your mind under a false identity. …show more content…

Trolls feed off of the attention and anger of others and will continue to get worse as long as they are getting it. They best solution to this is for everyone on social media to ignore them and not give them the attention that they are looking for. This is much easier said than done. The main goal of most internet trolls is to make people angry and start an argument with them. If you are on the receiving end of this and the discussion is about something you care about, it is very difficult to ignore them. Since you can’t ignore them, you get into a discussion with them and now they have done exactly what they were planning on doing. The trolls most likely have no interest in the topic and his/her main goal is to get people as mad as possible. So the best thing for us as a society to do is to ignore people who are considered trolls and not give them the power they are looking for. If we can do that, internet trolls would no longer be as big of a problem as they are

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