Your Handy Guide for Dealing with Internet Trolls and Online Bullies

Don’t let them diminish your flame to make theirs brighter

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While most of us choose to see the good in people, Internet trolls work hard to shatter that core belief. No matter how big your name is, or isn’t, you’ll always attract the ‘reply guys’, those people who love to chime in and correct you, even though you literally wrote the book on it.

There will always be those people who come to mock your physical appearance or rubbish your opinion in the comments. Some will seek you out on social media to continue harassing you. Some choose to send private messages with insults or threats. Some will go as far as writing a response article just so they can let the world know they disagree with the article you wrote.

Ultimately, you have to recognize that the reason trolls and bullies do what they do is for one of two reasons. There are the trolls who enjoy upsetting people and think it’s hilarious that people are so upset about what they say because it makes them feel powerful.

Then, there are the trolls who are acting out of jealous insecurity. They see someone succeeding where they are not and want to tear them down.