What do you do personally when you're trolled?

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There is nothing more pointless than an internet troll.

If they're losing an argument, they just bust out the "umad" and then say nothing else. You can't win anything, prove anything or bother them, it's always best to just ignore them entirely.

But ya know what they say about people who act big behind a computer screen anyways.

when I first got started with the internet, in my teens.... when they still were really just [rear end] wholes... I would fight back argue and intentionally enjoy the heated discussion. I thought of it as a fun part of the internet.

around my early 20's I used to start poking at their psychological profile... When I would recognize someone was trolling I would start to discuss with them, or the rest of the group what the root cause for their trolling on a topic might be. For example if their standard was "you people are all idiots and should get a life" I would start a discussion on how perhaps the troll themself is lashing out because they are ashamed that their time was being wasted on trolling rather than something fun like picking flowers or going on long walks down the beach... At the time I thought it was a very cool and hip way to reply... now when I look back, it was pretty dorky and very unimpressive but hey at least it was fun...

by my mid 20's after I had spent about 2 years or so offline and got back... I started to try to distract trolls... change the topic and become friends with them... sometimes it would work and actually a lot of them are much smarter than you would think.

around 4 or 5 years ago I owned a forum that was simi-successful... with about 10-40 regular members, and another 50 or so occational members... we managed to produce 100,000 posts per year (and would celebrate when it would happen) and had a lot of fun. We had 3 main trolls.

Those trolls sort of wrecked my interest in forums and eventually I lost interest in my own website that I was paying a couple-few hundred per year to keep running. AFter I left, the site became less and less active... and eventually I decided to shut it down because when offering to pass it along to someone else, no one else was willing to continue on.

When that happened... I lost my interest in trolls... I usually just avoid now... its not fun any more

Yeah i thought this said trollied.

I usually just ignore them but sometimes I'll troll them back. Everytime I've trolled someone back, they've NEVER responded to it. Is that what "pwning" a troll means? I'll pretend to agree with the troll and say things like, "Oh, thank you! You're so sweet!" or "I love you too! and I never hear from them again after that.

Palm my face.

I never get trolled but if it ever happends i will apply those rules you put down :o *oke well maybe i just don't notice when i do get trolled ><*

Most of the time I don't let them get to me. But if they do get to me or angry I troll them back 10 fold. Then I block them so they cannot retaliate or troll them back so bad they will not be able to think of something to say.

I delete their posts, and block their user. If I remember (and I don't usually), I will report the post to YouTube BEFORE deleting it.

Shrug and do something else.

I ignore them just like I do to everyone around here.

How about a violin