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user-inactivated  ·  2600 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, how do you regulate commenting behavior?

Look in the community page for the active users. Follow them. Don't feed the trolls, and block/silence the edgelords. Eventually the trolls end up without an audience and move elsewhere.





ArtemusBlank  ·  2600 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is true. A while ago, there was a troll called Grendel or something like that and this person made awful comments. At first people kinda argued with him but after a while once they saw he wasn't learning, they stopped responding all together. Once that happened, Grendel's posts became less and less until he was no longer on the forums. Trolls need audiences. Without an audience, a troll is nothing. Trolls want attention but once no one gives it to them, they just move on to a place where they can get the attention they desire. Hubski is very good at not giving trolls the attention they seek.