Internet troll can affect experts, says web executive

Xu Lai, vice-president of guokr.com, considers it important to keep science close to daily life by discussing hot topics online.

"Popularizing science has always been our aim. Only the channel of communication has now changed. On the internet, the speed at which both scientific messages and myths spread is fast," he said.

"We want to popularize science by passing on knowledge to those who don't know enough about something. Our website is also helping our staff and authors to build their individual profiles on social media so as to draw more people."