Surely you thought it was not going to happen to you, one day you write a post and you find a strange comment, then things escalate, you try to calm the situation but, in the end, it has succeeded, it has gotten on your nerves, to the next publication You cross your fingers but blow up the comments again. The diagnosis is clear you have a troll on your blog.
The hardest thing about a troll is that you don’t know you have one until the situation explodes somewhere , realizing who a troll is at first is almost impossible, and the most normal thing is that we confuse a troll with a normal person who spend a day on the blog and make a review of something. The thread of constructive criticism is separated by reason, if what you are saying is viable and would mean an improvement that you can contribute or carry out, it is constructive, if it provides you with means, solutions, it is still constructive. If the criticism is outright about something you do not control, does not offer solutions but continues to splash in the puddle that’s a troll. He can give you insults, ranting anything but the worst thing is that he steals your time and energy.
They are going to tell you that a troll is good because it means that you are important, that your blog stands out well, the more you visit, the more chances of raising envy and that a troll will notice you.
There are people who believe that trolls are good because they generate morbidity among readers and cause the phenomenon of your fans to support you , it is usually normal for people to write to you or defend you, so it can end in pitched battle, but you must consider that unless you are the one trolling, that can end up getting out of hand… if you read correctly there are people who make their troll and it is really a way to keep them away their vacancy is covered, and they control everything that the troll says winning the battle. Sad, no?
Troll hunting for the comments:
There is no infallible way to catch them the first time, however I know cases of people who have made a mistake managing a discussion and think «A troll in sight», and have made a mistake with a bad day of a good reader, they do not always go to make the ball, there will be times that they will contradict you and it is the most interesting thing to have a blog.
You are going to catch the trolls for a series of obvious characteristics of being bad people and not productive for your work , they are not always shown negatively at first, there are very “baroque” ones and they can be making you dizzy in the line of trolling or not trolling for entire weeks.
They do things with bad intentions, For example, malemute with other users who are commenting, looking for rare hits sometimes does not even go with you but rather with other readers.
If after an announcement of something positive he is not happy and predicts problems for you , all negative, he speaks badly to you then you should think about it and be clear that he will soon jump to your jugular.
Sometimes there are clues as to who they are because they have customs such as hiding their data, going with false accounts, they are quite dizzy because they are quite cowards deep down.
A troll never contributes anything of value , maybe at first maybe something, but trolls are very selfish, they just want to crush someone in the afternoon with a comment or with an attitude that feeds them.
They are never to blame for anything, if they argue, it’s the others’ fault, they’ll try to look like the victim we’re like you’ve gone to stick your post in their eyes when they were pulling lint out of their navel.
They are tiresome to the point of saying enough , they are always right and they don’t stop until they read it from your paragraphs. They are Don Ere que Ere so a “yes, yes, yes…” will save you hours of stupid discussion.
When in doubt about whether someone is a bit of a troll, ask fellow bloggers to take a look and give you their opinion, so that you don’t rush or simply cast a troll that you need to add a counterpoint to your blog. A blog without a troll is like a tacky one without a transistor.
How does a troll work more or less his vital motivations?
They are mainly boring and mediocre people (or not so much) who like to make others see that there are people more mediocre than them, so they choose a blog and there they make their little community.
Think that many times the troll is someone who is after you and can be known for example someone who envies you, competition, enemies etc. and these are the most complicated to eliminate, because once you kick them out of your space they have theirs to Discredit yourself, but honestly, don’t mess around with that kind of people, don’t give them the pleasure, as I see people who write posts telling how that person makes their lives impossible etc. nothing to tell the followers about sorrows. You will lose time and focus on your theme.
The troll wants you to lose your temper and be exposed in front of everyone, the troll tries to exhibit constant control of the conversation and the situation, so be calm and do not put yourself at his height.
There are as many trolls as there are people.
You must first see what type of troll is attacking you, sometimes trolls do not usually attack alone, so calm down first and try to take them to your field, sometimes simply by passing your hand on their shoulder is enough, others can give you a hard time… but it depends on how you manage it.
- The one who insults; the simplest and with which we have no mercy is that he directly insults you in the first comment, that one out! problems out, he’ll get fed up of commenting without being published, I wish the trolls were all like that! but unfortunately the real one’s trolls are usually much more cautious and can be thrown doing their thing for weeks.
- The know-it-all; it seems that you have written a blog for him to correct it, he is waiting for the slightest misspelling to a mistake in some technicality to “settle your comments”, avoid getting into a fight with him and take advantage of it to ask him and ask for more information, even Expand your posts with their knowledge. You’ll placate his ego and if he’s a real cave troll he’ll go somewhere else. A troll like this is very difficult to put up with, but after all, if he adds value to the blog and you get into a fight arguing about the subject of the post mum patience.
- The Slimy; he flatters you; he asks your personal questions to see if you answer them, he sucks at you in the comments. “Oh thanks! the first 20 times… but we are not here to talk about my hair and neither of my life.”, the comments that seem to be made by your grandmother on the day of your communion are also nonsense, this type of troll is twisted because you don’t know if after a few days he is going to insult you, if he is laughing at you.
- Spoiler; «I already knew that, I saw it a long time ago in» well, don’t comment there’s no need, if I’m the first to know, I’m sure you’ll end up getting tired of it. «Of course, I did, besides, I didn’t invent the world in 7 days! »
- dry no; I don’t like your blog, I don’t agree, you’re not right. I don’t like the way you write, how slow it loads, why have you changed this? We all have disagreements, but how many? If you don’t like anything here you’re a maloca.
- I’m here to do my business, and that’s why I’m leaving you links to ascospore in my comments, I ask you to follow me and “I’m here to talk about my blog” as well as Threshold, so calmly, he still has to tell you, hey, what a post you’ve prepared so well Your comments come to me to meet people. Apart from the fact that links are bad for SEO, deactivate that option in the comments. It is the human version of SPAM.
How to put up with a troll from your blog or a forum
Think that the less ball you give him, the sooner he gets tired so the trick is to catch him as soon as possible so that he leaves or throw him out , normally, I say it for myself, we do it late and we have already engaged in a conversation of sea breams and possibly we go to batter by the mud of social networks… so the less case the better. Do not lose your temper, try to find out what he wants: the reason, then you give it to him, do not contradict him, think that the rest know what is right or wrong.
Avoid letting your followers take the point , many times they troll because they feel more protected and grown up, if you see that they start to give them a ball, talk to some of the followers with whom you have the most confidence and explain that they pass because it is a troll. There are trolls that can be very Sibylline and dazzle their entire audience, even if you let them they can give your blog a huge life. If you don’t want to have problems or discussions, delete your comments as soon as possible because it’s not like before that your social networks, mutual friends have , block the troll in all the places you can. Prevent them from getting attached to your blog, the more you answer them, the worse nobody says not to leave them with the word in their mouth.
How to avoid a troll
The freedom of expression in your blog is yours and the one that you grant. if you have not made a conditions page in which you say that you are not guilty of what is thought to be wrong there… do it now!, but be clear that you can moderate according to the tone of your blog and not allow attitudes out of context. Approve the comments manually , this kills them they know that the most possible thing is that it will not be published, yes, from an already cataloged troll. Edit his comments , I know it’s ugly but it’s uglier to put up with it so remove his profanity from the comment if you decide to publish it I don’t recommend that war but at least you teach him a lesson. Deactivate the links in the comments, with this you greatly reduce spam and trolls. There is the list of negative keywords in the comments , you should use it, then you can always redfish but it will take away a big problem. If you see a troll on another blog, block it on yours so that it does not access, you have to prevent it.
A specific tone and way of moderating are a good anti troll strategy , if you do not allow the topics of the comments to be diverted away from the topics contained in the post, you will achieve a tone in which you will not find a way to marry your strategy.
After a troll attack it is convenient:
Apologize if they have made a scene for other people , but don’t give too many explanations, nobody cares and we all have trolls. Put out the fires so that they are not fires , once you have thrown it out, try to settle everything that you have left open in the most resounding way you can. Evaluate how you have managed it , if you have lost a lot of time, if you think you have acted well and reflect on how you can create a good “exit plan”.
Do not feel guilty , this happens to you simply for having a space open to the public, today it is for you, tomorrow for me, you are not the first nor the last person to be trolled.
Over the years I have learned not to allow them to comment on the cowardly and easy option and I save myself tantrums by not publishing their opinions , or to agree with them and every day I delete the comments, the moment I see that they are a problem for the blog or other users I eliminate them, the bad thing is that we can believe that someone is a troll without being one, it happens to me personally, it is so normal that someone contradicts you a couple of times but when you see that the comments of that person are toxic or insult the rest of participants, the sooner you take action on the matter, the better.
Do not let a troll separate you from the main objective of your blog , he is still the same person and works hard as you do so far, not everyone likes everyone equally.
