While media outlets have often used the word “trolling” to describe these kinds of comments, they’re less trolling than symbols of the decline of trolling, an art which has been soured by pointless ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

The internet has created a unique vocabulary, but we've stretched some of these new words beyond their limits and "trolling" should be the first to go. For most people, "trolling" still refers to a ...

This story is not a good idea. Not for society and certainly not for me. Because what trolls feed on is attention. And this little bit–these several thousand words–is like leaving bears a pan of ...

If everyone is a troll, maybe no one is. But for a word that’s tossed around so frequently, its meaning seems to evaporate into air when grasped at. Trolling is bad. Trolling provokes a reaction, ...

Reading news online, you could be forgiven for thinking that trolling is a synonym for “doing something on the internet.” Gamergaters are “trolling” women. Edward Snowden is “trolling” the NSA.

It has been said that the loudest voice in the room will drown out everyone else, and trolls certainly see this is how things work on social media. Like mythical beasts that seem to be unstoppable, ...