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Usually I spend 5 minutes typing out an angry reply. Then I realize I have no interest in hearing back from this person, hit cancel and move on with my day.
Yeah, I’ve been there. Halfway through typing a reply I usually realize, the most likely outcome of this is more bad faith arguments and more frustration.
I will sometimes just leave a purely factual reply or a link, and not respond further if they want to debate it or move the goalposts.
The same way I dealt with regular trolls; make sure to deal fire damage to stop their regeneration.
I remind myself that the only winning move is to not play.
Short answer: you don’t.
Trolls are people who like getting a rise out of others. They’re provocateurs. The best thing you can do is ignore them. Let them feel like no one cares and their effort is being wasted, and they eventually get bored and stop. On Lemmy, downvote if you want to, but personally I don’t even like giving them the satisfaction of knowing someone read their message.
If you’ve got a persistent troll who is bothering you, block 'em so you don’t even see them. And don’t even tell them you’re doing it, just let them scream into the void obliviously.
#Don’t feed the trolls Common knowledge back in the old days of the internet. Block, report, downvote, whatever, just don’t engage!
Ignore them, if you engage with them at all they get what they want and they win.
I block them. My treshold for blocking is super low and I do it several times a day. I don’t have time to deal with people who comment stupid shit that brings zero value to the discussion. One comment like that and you’re gone.
Close Facebook and move back to lemmy
What communities are you hanging out in that have no trolls‽ The fact that most places have had to defederate from entire troll instances shows that this isn’t some enlightened utopia we’re in.
Amen.
You don’t. They want attention, any attention, even negative attention, and when you reply to them with anything, you are giving them what they want. Don’t feed the trolls.
When it’s.clear my words are pointless, I copy+paste and get AI to respond, allowing me to set tone, length, all that. It’s great because it takes seconds and is fascinating to see where the troll and the AI end up going.
That’s legit the best use of what-we’re-currently-calling-AI I’ve heard all week.
Do not feed the trolls. Do not engage.
Don’t feed the trolls. My rule of thumb is to make a judgement call: is there anything I can say to convince the other person? If the answer is no, then ignore the message
I put the conversation in a position so that it turns on itself.
Treat 'em like a zoo exhibit. They want to be taken seriously. You don’t have to do that.
They want you to reply. Simply don’t reply. Easiest way to deal with them.
Keep scrolling. But on rare occasions I bite for fun.
