On: Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity...

[thinkingemote]

In terms of forums, the trolls existed but people knew how to ignore them. They didn't remove the troll, they just didn't feed them.

[praptak → thinkingemote]

You may ignore the trolls. Still there is always enough trolls and enough easily baited people for the S/N ratio to drop.

"Just ignore the troll" is a good personal advice it is just not sufficient for the forum as a whole.