A Norwegian media outlet is Kelly the Coed 1 (1999)spreading the love in an attempt to stop the hate.
SEE ALSO: We tested Google's new harassment tool on hateful right-wing commentsA tool public broadcaster NRK was using on their website to keep comments less angry and off-topic is now available to other sites.
It's a really simple concept. The tool is just a quiz with three multiple-choice questions about the article that a reader must take before posting anything in the comments section.
Site editors said they built it to force people to take a breath and calm down before posting an angry rant.
Here's a quiz on a story posted Monday about fake news in the media industry. (This is translated by Google from Norwegian into English.)
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable The comment quiz is now available on Github so any site or news outlet can force their readers to take a beat (or three) before writing something, no matter if was going to be mean, misinformed, total nonsense or insightful and brilliant.
Take that comments section trolls.
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