Ditto for both Boston newspapers. It can literally ruin your day reading some of the comments below even mundane articles.<p>The NYT has a good approach: Approve only those comments which present reasoned arguments in a semi-intelligent way. There's a lag, but the comment threads are excellent reading.<p>Another approach: Force everyone to use real names when leaving a comment. I am not sure how that would work, but the trolling would drop away if real identities were tied to people's words.<p>Unfortunately, it might also inhibit people from commenting, too. Anonymity is a great way to say what you actually think.