I have thick skin from playing online video games and getting shit talked over and over. With time and reps (repeated negative feedback) it gets easier to ignore idiots. So, I just ignore these comments 99% of the time, but I'll admit that sometimes it's entertaining to waste the time of these trolls and get them riled up with as little effort as possible
This guy who both behaves and looks like a cave troll actually ended up blocking me after writing a ton of text complaining about the fact that I wouldn't add support for passwords (the product is a passwordless authentication startup, I'm clearly not going to add passwords)
I spent very little effort responding - all I did was send a meme - so I found it hilarious that he tried to troll me first but ended up triggering himself so bad that he had to block me to prevent psychological damage to himself.
Turns out he's soft as most trolls are. Don't be soft like them and you win.
I’d also be open to feedback though, if it’s sensible. Sometimes people are bad communicators but if you look past the insult there might be some real feedback there. Not having documentation sounds like something you might want to fix for example.
In my case it was clear this guy had a screw loose and didn’t have real feedback to contribute which is why I ignored the trolling.
I have thick skin from playing online video games and getting shit talked over and over. With time and reps (repeated negative feedback) it gets easier to ignore idiots. So, I just ignore these comments 99% of the time, but I'll admit that sometimes it's entertaining to waste the time of these trolls and get them riled up with as little effort as possible
Example that just happened to me yesterday: twitter.com/ben_makes_stuff/s…
This guy who both behaves and looks like a cave troll actually ended up blocking me after writing a ton of text complaining about the fact that I wouldn't add support for passwords (the product is a passwordless authentication startup, I'm clearly not going to add passwords)
I spent very little effort responding - all I did was send a meme - so I found it hilarious that he tried to troll me first but ended up triggering himself so bad that he had to block me to prevent psychological damage to himself.
Turns out he's soft as most trolls are. Don't be soft like them and you win.
Lol this is golden. Yep you're right man! Move on and ignore
I’d also be open to feedback though, if it’s sensible. Sometimes people are bad communicators but if you look past the insult there might be some real feedback there. Not having documentation sounds like something you might want to fix for example.
In my case it was clear this guy had a screw loose and didn’t have real feedback to contribute which is why I ignored the trolling.