Increase in trolls/trolling?

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The thing that amused me once where trolling is concerned, was the claim on Encyclopedia Dramatica, that 4chan supposedly served a valuable purpose, by keeping all of the trolls on the Internet in one place, which allegedly minimised their attention elsewhere.

In reality, the reverse is true. 4chan hasn't prevented or reduced trolling; it more or less single handedly created it, as well as massively lowering the standards of trolls that had existed previously.