Trolls on the Internet

When I think of the word "troll" my mind immediately goes to a person that is trying to make a funny joke. But, during this unit I have come to realize that this word covers a lot more than some person being annoying. I have always been aware of cyberbullying on the internet, and have been taught from a young age that you should never deliberately put anyone down. It makes sense why trolls feel powerful online, they don't get to see the face of the person they are hurting. Since trolls can be anonymous they act brave, knowing that nobody knows their identity. There are many reasons why a person may feel the need to be mean, they could be miserable with their own life, and want others to be hurt as well, or it may be all for attention. I personally never had any experiences with a troll, I'm not on social media that often to begin with, but my advice would be to block anyone who is bugging you. I know that this solution isn't the most effective, because the hurt feelings are still there, however, it's a start. Personally if I had to deal with severe trolling that I know I can't brush off, I would just delete my account. I don't believe that going through that kind of harassment is worth taking my happiness away by keeping my account active. I don't understand why anyone, no matter how unhappy they are with themselves, could ever purposely make another human feel horrible.