#DONT FEED THE TROLLS

[astraltrickster]

A huge problem with the internet today is that we horribly misinterpreted - and then forgot - "don't feed the trolls."

Making ~le epic dunk~ on some assclown making intentionally inflammatory remarks is feeding the trolls.

Blocking said assclown and/or pretending you never even saw their asshattery in the first place is not feeding the trolls.

Using someone's intentional douchebaggery as a "teachable moment", 99% of the time, is feeding the trolls.

Answering an ignorant, rudely-worded, but presumably good-faith question with a good-faith answer is not feeding the trolls.

Allowing people an audience for their intentionally inflammatory shit when you have the option to deny it to them, whether out of a sense of obligation because teeeeechnically they're not breaking any rules, or because you want to clown on them, or whatever other reason you have - yes, often even including public warnings about them - is feeding the trolls.

Silently, unceremoniously deleting content that doesn't teeeeechnically break the letter of any rule you have but is absolutely malicious in spirit, and ignoring or deleting any subsequent "WUH WUH MUH FREEZE PEACH!!!1" cries - because unless you are currently acting as an entity of the US government or another government that has a law similar to the US's First Amendment, YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT - from spaces you have that power over, and reporting them to someone who does where you don't, and petitioning staff on sites whose internal policies fail to recognize these cases as trolling to fucking LISTEN, IS NOT FEEDING THE TROLLS.

"Don't feed the trolls" means to shut the trolls down as SILENTLY as possible. Not "let them rampage all over the place unimpeded." Not "make a big public spectacle of shutting them down, exposing people to their bile in the process." Not "make pissing them off into a game." Just shut them down as silently as possible.

So with that said - we need to start remembering not to feed the trolls.

[cavityinmybrain]

when another account made to bait and cause system infighting pops up and people continue to interact/give them attention

[peligrosapop]

I hateee football twitter so reactionary esp towards their own players like they’re saying we should sell gavi and ansu ?? wth

Anon!!! Unfollow fake culers!!

Go to this post where I recommend toxic/less reactionary barça twitter accounts

Whoever says anything about selling Gavi doesn’t know anything about football and is a moron in general.

Ansu Fati is going through a thing but I think if we have patience it’s going to turn out well, like a Marcus Rashford type of thing at Man United where he had one or two meh seasons and this season he is going off. We will regret it if we get rid of him. Maybe I’m wrong but that’s how I see it. If he needs to be go for a bit, I would loan him or sell him with a buy-back clause, no other way.

[sumi-sprite]

TO ALL MY FOLLOWERS AND MUTUALS, PLEASE READ

If you get an ask from this person - https://at.tumblr.com/kyskyskyskyskyskyskyskys/6l7t0crl9cxh - just ignore, delete the ask and block. They're a self harm/suicide bait blog (or possibly someone who genuinely needs help but also genuinely doesn't want it). They've been spam asking everyone who reblogged a post that showcased how to report threats of self harm/suicide here on Tumblr (I'll attach the link to this post when I'm off mobile). They've sent me an ask and various others who have reblogged this post from me and numerous others.

Like I said, just ignore, delete and block. They clearly don't want help and are happy to just see people argue with them. Don't feed the trolls and don't waste mental energy on someone who doesn't even want help.

Yes, I have reported them and you should top if they try to contact or bait you.

Stay safe everyone.

EDIT this is the post that people have reblogged and this person has targeted specifically due to the information of this particular post. 

[heartbrake-hotel]

Muhammad Ali was friends with Elvis and he impregnated a 16 year old girl, Wanda Bolton, in his 30’s while he was married to Khalilah Ali. He also married Khalilah when she was 17 and he was 25, they met when she was 10. I wonder why he doesn’t get the same backlash.

hi! yknow whats funny, is im pretty sure he does, considering that ive recieved this exact ask almost a dozen times since i started this blog in august- not to mention the number of times its made the rounds both here and on twitter, absolutely verbatim 🙃

im not interested in speculating on the complex indiscretions of a past society any longer, and i suggest you please find someone else to engage with about this. thanks!

[imoc]

There has been a rash of trolling/cyberbullying on Dark Academia and Cottagecore Tumblrs lately. People have been posting awful anonymous asks, leaving nasty comments, etc. I think it's just a small handful of people, who hate the aesthetics for whatever reason, so they falsely accuse bloggers of bigotry (while hypocritically making horrible ablist, classist, and sexist remarks themselves.) They've even stooped as low as doctoring screenshots as fake evidence against their targets, and then attacking their victims with erroneous smear campaigns.

I keep seeing posts that claim that cottagecore is racist, or that the academia aesthetic is privileged. But moodboards of cafés are pretty benign, and not necessarily eurocentric or patriarchal. Like, yeah, sure, I share pictures of fancy universities, expensive art, and ancient libraries full of rare books. But, like, you do realize that I'm not actually a billionaire, who bought first class tickets, to travel to all these exotic museums, to buy all those leatherbound manuscripts and marble statues, for my own private collection, and then hired a professional photographer and personal social media manager, to upload pictures of them to Tumblr, right?! I just saw a cool post on the internet, and it took a fraction of a second to share it with the click of a button. I'm not exactly a pretentious art connoisseur; I'm just some guy with a blog.

Sure, I share the classic cliches like Gothic architecture, Shakespearean poems, Hemingway quotes, Greco-Roman mythology, French nihilist philosophy, etc. But I also share Egyptian pyramids, Sufi poetry, Native American jewelry, South American textiles, aborigine pottery, folk music from around the world, far eastern historical artifacts, and Russian literature (Russia is the largest country in the continent of Asia, but people still keep assuming it's European, for some baffling reason.)

Sure, I do the stereotypical Santa Fe thing of collecting turquoise, silver, Navajo rugs, Pendleton blankets, and pueblo Pottery. So why don't I get any flak for collecting crystals, gold jewelry, medieval tapestries, and terra cotta amphorae? The only difference is that brown people made the former, and white people made the latter. It is extremely frustrating when European art, culture, and literature are stereotyped as snobby and stuck up, while indigenous folk art is stereotyped as primitive and rustic.

But why is it considered oppression to share our traditions with others, yet appropriation to take interest in their customs?

Since I'm part white and part Hispanic, born and raised in the multicultural environment of New Mexico, my biracial identity and diverse community put me right at the heart of this question. After grappling with this paradox for several years, I finally thought of a simple metaphor that anyone could easily understand:

Culture is like cake. There are hundreds of different flavors, recipes, personal tastes, dietary restrictions, etc. Most of us can agree that cake is pretty good. There's nothing wrong with sharing cake, as long as both parties mutually consent to it. But cultural oppression is like force feeding someone a slice of your own cake, and cultural appropriation is like stealing someone else's slice. It's not a fair give and take, and it's completely different from someone willingly offering you a taste.

So on that note, I'm going to keep sharing my cake - that is, the culture, art, and literature that I love. If you don't like it, then don't consume it. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Duh. And, for the record, trying to tell femme/POC/LGBTQ communities what aesthetics they "should" or "shouldn't" enjoy, isn't exactly inclusive or progressive...But it *is* inclusive and progressive that more people finally have access to higher education, haute couture fashion, fine arts, etc. Don't accuse dark academia of being classist, racist, or problematic, if you're the one implying that historically marginalized communities and individuals must be poor, broke, uncultured, uneducated, illiterate, and miserable in order to justify their existence. That attitude is hypocritical as hell. Don't you dare try to project your own ignorance and arrogance on me. I don't mind taking responsibility for my own flaws, but I'll be damned if you try to blame me for yours. As a queer Hispanic woman, I find dark academia empowering, and NOBODY is entitled to tell me how *I* feel. Besides, why assume that Dark Academia and Cottagecore are problematic, when there are obviously so many inclusive, diverse blogs with those aesthetics? (For example, this one!) Like imagine getting triggered over gifs of teacups and books, as if that's the most disturbing thing you've ever seen on the internet, and then turning around and calling everyone else sheltered and privileged.

Same for all my motivational quotes, wholesome memes, etc. This is MY blog. I post what I want to. What's next, are you going to kick down the door to my house, barge inside, and crash on my couch, just for the sole and express purpose of insulting my home decor? SMH...

[kazooie]

Can we start a "don't feed the trolls" campaign where we teach young people not to engage with trolls at all? Cuz I don't think the current generation ever got that lesson, the internet changed so much and so fast that they weren't given the time to learn troll etiquette and I think the world would be a better place if we just reached out to people and kindly remind them that you Do Not Interact With Trolls, you don't laugh at them, you don't mock them, you don't defend yourself against them, you have to ignore them 100%, don't like or dislike their comments etc etc.

People hate on gen z so much because they don't know how the internet works or how to discern between genuine comments and troll comments, but like, that's not their fault?? They were never taught these things! They're literally kids and y'all treat them like shit because they don't know what you didn't teach them.

I had someone say to me "I just know you're gen z" after I left a comment asking for trigger warnings to be added to a video, because this douchebag read something they disagreed with and immediately assumed I had to be gen z, because only gen z is wrong, idk man it's fucked up.

You don't have to be their teacher if you don't want to, but be understanding, be kind, be patient. And if you really can't do that? Then be quiet, no one needs your negativity, especially these kids and young adults, they get enough of that from the rest of the world.

Be the person you wish you'd had in your life at their age. It's free to be kind.

[goblincow]

Contender for main character of the day on the other hellsite:

This post exhibits all the symptoms of a toxic level of dunkability.

You'd like to think by now that all the old Don't Feed The Trolls signs might have left some sort of impression, but evidently we need to bring them back.

Anyone with any experience online should be able to tell that this is bait for the fascist little penisman to hoover up engagement (and credit where it's due, they've calculated the dunk factor like a pro) but it goes to show once again that either:

Everyone has shit for brains and can't compel themselves not to dunk or

The engagement farm works as planned and the deliberate inclusion of junk like QTs feeds it.

I know this is me doing a little dunking and that's fun and all but I really want to reiterate that

No amount of personal responsibility will solve the systemic forever-toxicity of the cyberhell we swim in (because the machine will have blood) and

We should all resurrect the old ways and inoculate against cyber-sickness as best we can - look to the wisdom of our ancestors and DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS

[luvliicreations]

Today's creations are a reminder to be a genuine, caring person.  Don't Feed the Trolls! Visit my redbubble shop to see these designs and perhaps pick up a T-shirt to spread the word!

[cavorta]

My latest blog: Spells Against Online Hate and Trolls (with further reading and lots of links for more ressources).

[cherrirui-official]

"You know... You didn't have to take that with you."

"But I promised him I'd take him out to see the ocean one day."

[peligrosapop]

twitter.com/croatiancule/status/1630230920430080002?s=46&t=-jehXbPRq_Kbe0VyZjFRvg why is out own fans doing this to him everyone agreeing is madrid fan what is this

Twitter has the most idiotic, reactionary and toxic Barça bro. Do not pay attention that that moron. Those people are not Barça fans, I agree, and also know very little about football, anyway. I can send you link of very chill Barça accounts that pro club and pro players, only constructive criticism et all. Dm me or let me know through here

[koppaiterocker]

Wharever

[crash-bump-bring-the-whump]

Psst this is just some advice from someone who grew up with the Wild West version of the internet but:

Just don't engage with mean spirited asks or people.

They want attention. Don't give it to them. Delete it, block em, scroll away, take a deep breath, and move on. They want to waste your time, so waste theirs instead.

They came into your house and tried to start shit in probably the most milquetoast way possible, so just block, delete, and move on. Don't even mention that you did. It'll be a fun little thing that you know and they know but no one else knows, and that's so much more satisfying.

Nothing you can say will "win" the conflict or change their mind. Just put them in time out by deleting their ask and you'll feel much better. :)

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

What do you think of fans who knowingly admit to portraying characters OOC using the excuse that they are just "playing dolls"?

I don't really care? There's a problem when they intrude into more canon-oriented spaces and expect to be catered to, but the same can be said of the other way around (which is why I really only engage with people who come to me first, since I assume y'all expect Essays About Canon from the Essays About Canon Blog). It's definitely not for me, but that doesn't mean it's, like, evil, lmao