What do you do personally when you're trolled?

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I want to discuss what people do or have done in the past about people trolling them on say Youtube or message boards, etc.

First off here's my policy.
First and foremost: Don't react. In fact it is better to not even put them on ignore unless it gets out of hand. taking down a comment and/or blocking them is a form of reaction, but this is to be done in certain cases. For one thing, I normally just leave the comment there and say to myself "just let them look stupid."

Second: Do not let their random or maybe not so random comments get to you. Remember, you've got friends, everyone has at least one usually more. Why should you care what some person you hardly know thinks versus your friends. Keep that in mind.

Third: The ignore command is or even the report command is to only be used if the same person escalates their attacks. One or two comments on a video and then it stops does not count as escalating. If the comments get even more outrages, such as threats, REPORT!

Usually it does not go beyond the first rule of thumb. "Just let them look stupid."

In the past, early 2000, I was obsessively trolled by one person, which lead me to having high anxiety, but it was more or less a trigger for a bigger problem that I had. This troll had finally gotten me into a position where I knew I needed help. If it wasn't for this person, I wouldn't have the friends I have at group, I may not have the help I've been getting to get work and finally move along with my life. I am actually thanking this troll for that. It may not have been the right thing for this person to do, but alls well that ends well.

Just recently I had a melt down or rather high anxiety over my computer and having to redo windows and all this other stuff. Computer problems are a big trigger for me if it takes what I consider extreme measures, even though I'm well backed up to an obsessive level (not a bad thing to be backed up obsessively). Anyways, to the point, I was so anxious that bad timing brought a troll to my YT video, which got me to thinking obsessively about the commenter and then I replied back. Minutes later, I saw the folly of my reply deleted both comments and blocked him. What I should have done was not responded at all and just let the comment alone and not have it bother me. Unfortunately with my state of mind at the moment, anything that could get to me would get to me, so I was pretty much in limited control over my thoughts and actions.

So what are your stories? How do you deal with them? How have you dealt with them in the past as an aspie?

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Meta troll.

That is all.

I delete their posts.

You did fine. I got no stories to tell of really. I think I may be kind of difficult to troll since you have to notice you're being followed about in the first place, or baited. Most of the time I don't notice it at all probably because I'm all over the place multitasking so much. ADD can be a blessing when it comes to that s**t.

Depends on the time and place. I either counter-troll, report, or simply ignore them.

That's very good advice and I'll do those things the next time a troll comes along. I used to play the part of the rebel and make up a whole bunch of jokes in various threads of those people. From now on, I'll just contact a WP moderator.

I usually get at them somehow. I have a knack for getting under people's skin.

Either ignore it if it's minor and not worth bothering over, or report it to a mod if it escalates to harassment, threats or otherwise crosses over the line of forum rules.

I'm a better troll than anyone who would spend time trying to be a troll on YouTube.
For someone with English as a second language, I have a surprising vocabulary when it comes to politics, racism and sexism.

Trolls are just too obvious, usually. They're trying so hard to be offensive, it looks like they're not even trying to look serious.
If they get in my way too much, I remind them that they still have a lot to learn, that they're visible and that they're a disgrace to the family.

If they threaten you with physical violence, especially if they live far away, tell them they can make an appointment in two weeks, preferably on a Saturday.
I've been threatened by angry thirteen-year-olds on the internet a lot in the past. At one point, I just started enjoying their badly-made threats.
Sometimes, it's also fun to completely ignore their message and focus on their grammar.

Basically, summarising that, acknowledge them. But not as people you are angry at; acknowledge them as having a bland sense of humour and a bad grasp of their language.

I ignore it or troll them back. Sometimes I don't know I am being trolled and it's too late because I had already responded. If it happens here, I either ignore them or report them.

If I realise immediately: troll back.

If I don't, once I do realise "Oh Goddammit".