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comment by Reef3
Reef3  ·  3514 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Horrible people are just a vocal minority: Prove it

Regarding your question, trolling on the internet is easy and, I suppose, gratifying for those who do it, while defending people from them and conversing with them is exhausting at best, infuriating at worst.

I tend to just not converse online in general, whether it be Reddit, Twitter, or Hubski. I'm very much a lurker. Why participate in the conversation when it often falls to the notoriously low standards of Youtube comments? "Don't feed the trolls" can be seen as giving up, and maybe this is a selfish stance to take, but I'd rather not spend my energy and time arguing with people looking to incite conflict or hurl insults.