Opinion

Editor’s Column: Don’t. Feed. The. Trolls.

The trolls I remember from children’s books were dull-witted, cranky creatures who threatened to eat billy goats if they didn’t pay a toll, or evil villains who stalk and kill innocent gnomes. Vocabulary.com describes trolls this way: “a supernatural creature who is either very big or very small, ugly, and not very nice.”

That fits today’s real trolls… the internet troll. Unfortunately, internet trolls are real, and they can cause real harm, or at minimum,…

2 Comments

  1. There’s no need to publish this, but just FYI: “trolling” in the internet sense is luring others to rise to your bait, as in fishing. 🙂

    Have a fine day!

  2. You are correct, Art! And that definition also applies, I think! ~Niki