Everyone has a different opinion on what a troll is. Here’s what I would call it from experience.

•    Someone who directly attempts to bother someone else without a care for their opinion hoặc feelings, without stopping.
•    Someone who plagiarizes/copies someone else’s work and does not give credit/claims it as their own work.

Now what is NOT a troll
•    Someone who insults someone else in a heated argument. If two hoặc three people are arguing, and the lips are flying, who’s really trolling if they’re all doing it?
•    Someone who pranks someone but does not go out of bounds (according to whoever’s opinion), and if they do, correct themselves.

Now how should these be handled? Well let’s remember what the reporting options are.

•    Spam: Something that is completely irrelevant to the group hoặc location it is in, and is not important hoặc needed. Granted these can be alright, say if someone is asking for Lời khuyên on a personal and important matter. But if they were to post such things like “I got a new dog!” hoặc “Who likes Willy Wonka?!” it should be reported as such. HOWEVER, before reporting, every user should be informed that their comment/picture/article/etc. is irrelevant, and asked to remove it. If the person gives a good reason to keep it that is fine, but if they do not, and still keep it, bạn can báo cáo it.
•    Inappropriate: Sexual, Gory, Potty-mouthed, etc. Anything that isn’t necessarily offensive bởi definition, but definitely not wholesome. Graphic details can be allowed if it’s important to the plot of a story, hoặc if a mark of some sort is important (as long as not too revealing). These should not be allowed. Now to those who say these are fine, look back at what this is called “Inappropriate”. So yes, it counts. Now what would be the approach? Like before, one should inform the person, complaining about the issue, and ask them to chỉnh sửa it. If they do, they can keep it, but if not, report.
•    Abusive: Now this can be đã đưa ý kiến for any DIRECT insult, like Racism, hoặc simply calling someone out in an insulting picture, article, video, and of course, comment. If this is seen I personally would just go straight to the reporting, but there are rare cases when the insulter will agree to remove the insult. If not, report.

Now I know that this might offend certain people, but to those it might, I don’t mean to. This is my opinion, and I thought it through.

People, if there’s a troll, it’s like a Virus. If bạn don’t get it soon it’ll spread; whether it be bởi asking it, reporting it, hoặc otherwise. No this does not mean bạn should say “GO HANG YOURSELF!” It means bạn should say “We don’t appreciate this. Go away hoặc stop.”

Now sometimes just ignoring the troll is the option. For instants, if a troll makes a troll bình luận in a forum, simply ignore it. Why? Because the troll hates being ignored. He hoặc she wants a LOT of attention, and that’s how they get it. So don’t give it to them. Just ignore them… in most cases.

If any troll attacks someone, hoặc steals art, hoặc spams, bạn have the right to tell them to knock it off. bạn can even warn/threaten them saying “Hey, if bạn don’t stop, I’ll báo cáo you.” Why? Because that’s what the reporting button is for. If someone is harassing you, and doesn’t stop, bạn have a right to báo cáo them.

Now if a troll claims to say they’ll stop, and they do indeed stop, simply báo cáo the trolling they did, not them. If they start to abuse this however, and continue, no matter what bạn do, why báo cáo the entire long danh sách of pictures when they’re the problem?

If bạn feel wrong about doing this, tell the owners of the site about the troll, and ask them to intervene. Make it so they keep the troll from being able to post certain pictures, hoặc write certain articles.

Remember, the troll is a person, but so are thieves with guns, pointed at your head. And if bạn think that the troll is harmless on the internet, they aren’t always. There are hackers, and some hackers don’t stop with your computer, they find and kill you.

Now how do bạn avoid being a troll as well? Think the word “Professional.” How would a professional person handle the matter? A tall person in a suit, with a briefcase, combed hair. Picture yourself like that. If a man started running around flailing his arms, would bạn start flailing yours and yell and cuss like him? No because that would be being like him.

The point I’m trying to make there is that bạn should keep calm, and not give him what he gave you. Don’t post pictures insulting him (which admittedly I’ve done >__<), and don’t bình luận about “hey remember that last troll?” because to them you’re honoring their memory. They’re memory should not be honored, at least when they’re being a troll.

For me when I see a troll attack me, I báo cáo what they troll with, and I bình luận to them being all ngẫu nhiên and friendly. Why? Because it’s fun, and it’s not trolling. They can go all “You fat ugly person!” and I’ll just be “We are Những người bạn now! *huggle*” If bạn want to take that approach by-all-means.



So I’m sorry to Rawrmonster here, who I’m sure disagrees with a lot of what I’ve said. I tình yêu that bạn are willing to defend those who bạn find being abused, but while every life can be saved, the internet is not someone’s life, and if it is, it shouldn’t be. They can di chuyển on, and granted we can to, and we should, but we should not have to. No one should have to stand for trolling, and no troll should go unpunished.

Four steps

1.    Ask: them to stop trolling
2.    Warn: Them that bạn won’t sit bởi and let them attack you.
3.    Attempt: to remove their attacks
4.    Go: to a higher power for help.


Hope this helped.

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