Many internet forums are no longer community-organized or community-funded like they were in the early days of the internet. Many media companies spend money m

Many internet forums are no longer community-organized or community-funded like they were in the early days of the internet. Many media companies spend money moderating internet forums because their users and/or advertisers have expectations. Automatically detecting or predicting bad behavior decreases the cost of running these forums, whose purpose is profit rather than dialog. It's not a change in the nature of trolling that makes moderation more necessary than it was in the past; rather, it's the monetization of forum-posting audiences.