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(06-24-2014, 12:32 PM)Tiergan Wrote: 1) Joke and laugh it off. Â Kill the troll with kindness. Â
Most trolls, if they're not just goofing off and trying to get some laughs, are trying to get a rise out of you and piss you off. Â This is why ignoring doesn't always work because somewhere in their minds, they're either imagining you stewing angrily in your computer chair or are holding out to see how long it takes for you to break. Â It's also why getting angry, telling them you're going to report them, or slipping in any kind of insult is like tossing blood in shark-infested waters. Â They want to get you mad, and you are giving them the attention they're craving.
By laughing it off and joking around with them, or engaging in funny 'mock RP' like LastCandle mentioned, you give them the opposite of what they're looking for. Â If on top of that, you stay as friendly and kind as possible while dealing with them, some trolls will actually start to feel a little bad about trolling you because you'll seem like a pretty cool person who isn't getting their panties in a twist over a few pelvic thrust emotes.
It's just like how Kendha'to wound up with his new lalafell buddy - trolls are people too. Â If you respond to their vinegar with sugar, they might laugh and decide you're pretty neat. Â Besides - laughing at your problem is probably much healthier than stewing angrily over it, yeah?
This.
I'll share a little story with you guys:
Was seated at one of the tables in the Quicksand once, engaged in a RP session with some fellow FC members. Out of nowhere, a male Lalafell (who shall go unnamed, despite the fact that I think he's awesome and despite the fact that he's since fantasia'd) came out of nowhere, poked Osric in the shoulder, started crying, and hopped into his lap. Spontaneous as could possibly be.
So I rolled with it, and after some encouragement over Vent my fellow FC members did, too. Reaction: "Uh, hello, little guy... we're, uh, kind of in the middle of a meeting... could you please move?"
Cue more tearing up. Cue hug. Cue Lalafell falling asleep in Osric's lap. Queue Osric slipping out from under him and leaving him asleep on the chair like a toddler/cat. Cue Lalafell waking up, tearing up AGAIN, and following Osric to his latest chair. Cue Osric pointing him towards a FC member. Cue FC member threatening to kick him all the way to Vesper Bay should the Lala even THINK about lapsitting them. Cue Lalafell hopping back into Osric's lap.
When we finally concluded business and made to leave, the Lala followed us to the door and hugged Osric's leg.
It was clearly trolling.
But a little bit of sugar in response to the vinegar resulted in an experience that was amazingly hilarious, and hilariously amazing.
(Doubly so considering that that was the meeting where Osric agreed to work as a manwhore for a while)
So yeah.
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