Rule 14: Do not argue with trolls — it means they win.
This has been a basic tenet of the Internet for decades - until Twitter and FB became huge.
Now the regular people don't know or understand this and continue to interact with trolls (retweeting, subtweeting, basically bringing attention to their idiocy). This just feeds the anger cycle and shuts down all attempts at sane discourse.
You don't tell a troll you're not arguing with them, don't block them (that's a win), you just ignore it completely. If everyone would follow this rule, the crazies would be left alone shouting into the emptiness.
This has been a basic tenet of the Internet for decades - until Twitter and FB became huge.
Now the regular people don't know or understand this and continue to interact with trolls (retweeting, subtweeting, basically bringing attention to their idiocy). This just feeds the anger cycle and shuts down all attempts at sane discourse.
You don't tell a troll you're not arguing with them, don't block them (that's a win), you just ignore it completely. If everyone would follow this rule, the crazies would be left alone shouting into the emptiness.