Okay, first question. And you need to be honest. Do you reply to these people AT ALL? Do you share their comments, post their messages publicly? Do they get to see that they are harassing you?

I'm sorry to hear your friend is dealing with that. It might be time for your friend to take a break from the internet. Or make all of his accounts private. This way they won't be able to affect him as much, and eventually I think the troll will leave you alone.

I advised my friend to use a secure VPN, lock down privacy to ‘friends only,’ and deploy comment filters. If harassers reappear, block them and escalate to platform abuse teams.

Tell him to scrub his info from people search sites, use a VPN, and tighten up privacy settings. If it keeps up, start logging everything and report it, just in case it escalates.

That's awful. He should log everything, report often, and lock down privacy.

I'm sorry that your friend has to deal with a situation like this, that's horrible! Is it possible to go to the police for this? I would think so, right? That sounds like harassment.

I say maybe a social media break or deleting your accounts you troll on and start fresh with a new one and a new you. If it gives you dopamine, go to more useful outlets like replacing it with social club or something, so if you do troll you can receive the backlash face to face. It will change your ego. And lastly, maybe find out why internally you like trolling people? is there something deep down internalised going on with you, to make people online upset etc. But glad you’ve picked up the self awareness to figure that out and i’m sure you’ll figure out a way to change👍

At some point you should take a moment to reevaluate if you have basic respect for other people even if you can’t physically see them. Then also consider what you want to get out of the conversation. The goal is to have a productive conversation where each party gets something out of it. I agree with the other comment when they outlined that you want an ego boost and engagement. You can build confidence and engage with people by just being genuine and respectful.

But it's so fun

Kyle's dad is that you?

Try to focus on how this behavior affects YOU.

My guess is that it makes you feel super smart and in-control when you're doing it. But that feeling doesn't last.

I don't really troll people, but I have certainly had my fair share of really dumb reddit arguments. And I always leave them feeling empty and like I wasted my time. Even if I "win".

I'm like you, OP. I rarely bite if I detect trollish behaviour. But that's probably because it takes me 2 weeks to come up with an apt comeback.

Its harder in games, though. Like Overwatch, for instance, if you have a troll or just a rude person on your team. I usually get quiet, maybe write something in chat to maintain morale but I cannot fight them in their own arena (voice chat). I have a friend who excels at it though. He's genuinely impressive, the quick comebacks he can conjure up. I wish I could be that quick-witted and socially competent -- but I'm not, and I probably won't ever be. I have to play to my own strengths instead, but I'm not sure what they are :D

Funny question. As INFPs we have a self awareness that most do not. So if a troll really, really pisses me off - I will play psychological games with them - allowing them to “win” as I lead them down a path of uncovering their internal weakness, exposing their own internal sensitivities ( usually sexual).

If you think about trolls as people who need to lash out because they have some kind of internal psychological issue (usually sexual or mother oriented) it’s fun to try and figure it out. And then I lead them down a path of internal awareness and discovery until I get bored. And then I expose them to their own psychological problem with a self destructive suggestion.

At times it’s gotten to the point where I had to be careful to stop because I didn’t want the person to hurt themselves.

Btw - I have no psychological training. I’m just an INFP. We have enough internal awareness to figure out other people - just not ourselves.

Yes - it’s diabolical. I’ve only done it twice. But by doing it a couple of times - it’s had the effect of allowing me to brush off trolls - by knowing I’m empowered with the ability to do the other person great psychological harm if I wanted to. Making it easier to shake off mean comments from others.

I never expected that outcome. But it’s been an empowering secondary benefit. “Great power comes with great responsibility”.

And after all - they started it.

Block / mute button.

I depends on the game. If it’s Minecraft I join in on the fun but if it’s in GTA online I change to a different server. My favorite game right now though is For Honor and I end up being the nicest person I can be while kicking their ass to piss them off when I encounter toxic people in For Honor.

Or at least have the decency to vent on a piece of paper and then store it somewhere safe/ throw it away?

Hey all as a reminder please report any harassment, bullying and trolling so we can take action

Bans will be given out to repeat offenders

Well it's simple really. Downvote, report, move on. When in doubt check the profile for activity.

Don’t engage

Goddamn I wish reddit had an infinite blocklist

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Literally just post your videos and don’t even read through the comments if comment notifications pop up when you scrolling on your fyp immediately swipe it away and pay no attention to it.

I block . No time for negativity

Their comments help boosting your videos tho. Let's see in this side.

legit just ignore them

They literally want attention don’t give it to them. If they’re trying to offend you don’t take it personally they don’t know you as a person, they know nothing about you and it is most often times an inner projection. Ignoring them is the best thing you can do to retaliate trust me. They want your attention. That’s why they are commenting, don’t give it to them, and I wouldn’t even delete their comments because comments (good or bad) help you get pushed further out into the algorithm, thus giving you more views, and in turn hopefully helping you earn money if you get into the creator fund. If anything, you can just say “thank you for your engagement.” Otherwise, just ignore them.

I’m assuming you are using the apps - have you tried deleting them?

Or maybe you could challenge yourself to make like 5 positive comments a day. Being kind and making other people happy can make you feel good.

Aside from practical advice like uninstalling. Also, see a therapist and work on developing compassion. Meditation would help that as well.

They are just trolling.

Idk if I’d advise youtube last i trolled a YouTuber when I was 12 he called the cops made a video and it got 400k views lmfaooo

Dog just make a new account. Or delete tiktok. You arent gonna be doing anything to anon accounts. Move on.

Delete TikTok, problem Solved

Delete Tik-Fuck

More of a straight /LPT - but the best revenge for anonymous trolls is to go live an awesome life and not let them interfere.

Way easier said than done when it's as bad as what you're experiencing; but as the saying goes "Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies".

I just ignore em...I've been called niceguy,incel,Sexists,Waste of air,Deadbeat dad you name it. I realize when the stupidity loud the common sense should be silent....otherwise you just feeling the trolls.

Reporting and blocking.

Usually I just comment the word "neat" with a shrug emoji. It's pretty effective at ending conversations.

If you care to much about what people say, it's best to avoid reading or posting comments as much as possible.

Me personally I sometimes start rage typing then I decide its not worth it and usually don't end up posting :D

I ignore or reply ok. Don’t keep reacting to them.