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by ilovetux 3032 days ago
Don't we currently have this same problem in politics? It might just be me, but in recent times political attack ads seem to be increasing in occurrence while decreasing in taste. This looks like the same trolls, just a little more polite and with a better command of the English language.

Also (and I know this is a tall order) the question assumes that we can solve these technical issues. This can actually be tamed at least partially by something akin to facebook's real-name policy. Facebook it seems is less prone (definitely not immune) to the armies of trolls and all it took was the complete removal of anonymity.