Troll+Side+Quest+(Leric)

 Overview
In January, 2011, Fox News reported a popular trend among online interactions called trolling. If the story's superficial information and irrelevant interviews if any indication, is that trolling no longer just resides in the remote corners of the Internet. The phenomenon has repeatedly capture national attention through incidents like Jessi Slaughter, Boxxy, and most recently, Rebecca Black. As long as pubescent teenager girls inhabit the Internet, the trend will continue to relent against their vulnerable personalities.

A troll is most and foremost a personality, a facade, or representation of someone. A troll is someone who intentionally causes controversy for entertainment. He/she/it is identified through inflammatory remarks, or polarized opinions against a current of dominant opinion. Individuals are motivated to become trolls by the need attract attention, to create their own entertainment through triggering intense reactions, or just plain boredom.

Aside from reporting trolls on national television, many anti-trolling measures exist on the Internet. The most common of which is the ban and permanent ban feature. The latter record IPs and block attempts to access the site from the IP. However, the disadvantage of bans emerge when trolls fire back, either through creating a new username or changing IP; thus, spiraling out of control. Perhaps the most effective anti-troll measure is none at all. For some, ignoring trolls is the best way to dismiss them. By transcending the inflammatory remarks of a troll and not "feeding it," individuals can overcome trolls.

Some extreme examples of trolling include the Boxxy and Jessi Slaughter case. The former erupted a war on 4chan, a well known origin of trolling. The latter is a series of videos featuring a vulgar adolescent female teenager that attracted a slew of death threats and hateful comments.

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