Trolling originally referred to a fishing technique where multiple lines with bait are trailed behind a boat to attract and catch fish.

釣法原指的是一種釣法，即在船後拖著多條帶餌的魚線，以吸引和捕捉魚。

With online trolling, they're still bait involved.

對於網上的吐槽，他們還是餌料參與。

But instead of catching fish, the goal is to catch you.

但與其說是抓魚，不如說是抓你。

A troll is someone who makes antagonistic remarks online with the goal of provoking and upsetting others.

巨魔是指那些在網上發表對抗性言論，目的是挑釁和惹惱他人的人。

Sometimes it could be lighthearted, and other times it can be downright mean no matter where it falls on the spectrum, you can think of the troll as the person who's dangling the bait and where the fish that too often bite.

有時它可能是輕鬆的，而其他時候它可以是徹頭徹尾的意思，無論它落在光譜上的位置，你可以認為巨魔是誰的吊餌的人，哪裡的魚，太經常咬。

But why do trolls dangle that bait in the first place?

但巨魔為什麼要先吊起那個誘餌呢？

With most websites, we can create an anonymous account with a user name and a profile picture that don't reflect our real world identity.

在大多數網站上，我們可以用一個用戶名和一張不反映我們真實世界身份的個人資料照片來創建一個匿名賬戶。

Trolls take advantage of this posting things with no one ever knowing that it was really them, meaning no real world consequences.

巨魔利用這一點發布的東西，從來沒有人知道那真的是他們，也就是說沒有現實世界的後果。

In our day to day interactions, most people are motivated by positive social rewards.

在我們的日常交往中，大多數人的動機是積極的社會回報。

This'll means that the experience positive feelings after engaging in friendly or helpful behavior.

這將意味著，在從事友好或幫助行為後，體驗到積極的感受。

Now, with trolls, it's usually a different story.

現在，對於巨魔來說，通常是另一種情況。

They tend to have higher levels of negative social potency.

他們往往具有較高的負面社會勢能。

This is basically a fancy way of saying that they enjoy causing mischief and suffering and the attention that that entails hurling insults or starting arguments and watching others get riled up from this gives them satisfaction.

這基本上是一種花哨的說法，他們喜歡製造惡作劇和痛苦，以及由此帶來的關注，謾罵或引發爭論，看著別人是以而被激怒，這讓他們感到滿足。

And the Internet has become the perfect place to do this.

而互聯網已經成為一個完美的場所。

So how do we deal with trolling?

那麼，我們該如何處理吐槽呢？

Well, don't take the bait.

好吧，不要上鉤。

They want us to respond, to get angry, to fight back.

他們要我們迴應，要我們憤怒，要我們反擊。

If we do, we're simply reinforcing their behavior, meaning they'll keep at it.

如果我們這樣做，我們只是在強化他們的行為，意味著他們會繼續這樣做。

It may not always be easy, but if we can manage to ignore them, we're depriving them of the negative social rewards that they're seeking.

這可能並不總是容易的，但如果我們能夠設法忽略它們，我們就會剝奪它們所追求的負面社會回報。

Less rewards means less motivation to keep patrolling.

獎勵少了，就意味著少了繼續巡邏的動力。

If the fish don't take the bait, the boat will have to look elsewhere.

如果魚兒不上鉤，船就得另尋他處。