So what shouldn't you do?

  • Never address meaningless rants.
  • Never put up with vulgar language
  • Never make a reply that is filled with emotion or adds nothing to the conversation.
  • Never comment about blocking, deleting censoring, or editing someone's comments. You become the villain of free speach then.
  • Never bulk delete all trolls because what they don't write about you here they will write somewhere and it could bring diwzens of them back to your site.

The best response is to make a blanket comment on your integrity and let them fade out without direct response.

Trolls are not fun, some like Grammar trolls though can hurt your feelings but ultimately help your blogging if you look to the core complaints as positive feedback. Just thank them for taking the time to notice, silently fix the issue(s) and they will move on.

Please Don't Feed The Trolls, they Live Off Anger And Hate!



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mcknisu Premium
Good one!! Thanks for sharing!
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MaryAnnMc Premium
Thanks for sharing. Great advice.

I once read it doesn't hurt to write down your feelings BUT DON'T POST IT! Just get it off your chest, have a cool down period, and then go back and construct a reply as in your example. What you would say in the heat of the moment, you most likely wouldn't say once you peeled yourself off the ceiling and looked at the comment objectively.
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IncomeLegion Premium Plus
Tremendous advice. I walk away from the PC and check my Instagram from my phone or go to the park and come back or at least answer other comments first.
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MaryAnnMc Premium
I think we can apply this to our personal lives as well. Sometimes we just want to lash out but in most cases that's not wise.

Mary Ann
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JKulk1 Premium
I love this training Chris. Trolls remind me if school yard bullies. Jim
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IncomeLegion Premium Plus
And it's exactly right. If you don't let them get to you bullies find victims other than you.
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JKulk1 Premium
Sadly I let the schoolyard ones get to me for the first 7 years of my school life .
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IncomeLegion Premium Plus
The worst part for my kids has been that with Cyberbullying they can't even escape it at home. Some of them have been strong in the face of it a couple have not been able to defeat their bullies yet but we are working with them.
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madyibilg Premium
Thank you for sharing this information.
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IncomeLegion Premium Plus
Not a problem, I have been trolled dozens of times over the past 16+ years and these are tips I give all my students and readers.
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GlenPalo Premium Plus
Excellent advice, Andy. You let the air out of their balloons.
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IncomeLegion Premium Plus
Thanks, Glen. Just goes to show that turning the other cheek really can work to your advantage. Like I said a little paragraph added to the bottom of a scam review back when I had MyViralBlog lead to over $900 in income because of a 22 troll attack.
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