Trolls are winning the internet, technologists say
The real problem is that bytes are effectively free.  Here I am, using up your bytes right now.  Using up the bytes on Hacker news.  The only limit is my own time, effort, and energy.<p>You think this means that we&#x27;re all equal; we all have equal access to sharing bytes.  But the problem is that trolls have infinite time and energy to post bytes.  They have significantly more power and influence than you do because of that simple fact.  Trolls could, if they wanted, completely bring down hacker news with just endless content and it would be near impossible to stop.<p>I&#x27;ve had to deal with real determined trolls on some of my own sites that simply have infinite time to post, to write code to post, to obfuscate themselves -- a single troll can shout out dozens to hundreds of other people.  This is why the trolls are winning.