How do you guys handle Trolls?

Chubbybunny

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Since I just started out I don't have any current trolls( let alone viewers :redface:) and
I don't usually read comments that often, but I've seen many YouTubers ban commenting, or restrict comments to approval first or do the whole "YouTubers read mean comments" videos.

What's been your experience? Ever experienced an overwhelming negative reaction to any of your videos?:troll2:
 
I ban the people trolling and blacklist some words I don't want to see on my videos. Sadly I haven't banned my IRL friend that trolls on Youtube and irl.
 
I make satire about our society and privilege. I constantly get a disproportionate about of huge jerks. If you express honest opinion you will get hate for it.

I'm prepping a "mean comments" video, but that doesn't mean I haven't moderated my comments. It's just as easy to get them when you blocked a word but they don't get what they want - the ability to publicly attempt to hurt you on their terms.
 
Sarcasm, logic, and somewhat clever wit (sometimes). My viewers seem to like it. Never engage in a war with a troll or anyone commenting on your channel for that matter.
 
Funny story, last night my video made it onto Keemstar's operation false hope. I uploaded a video and forgot to work on the thumbnail and annotations before publishing since I was with someone, and I got ABSOLUTELY FLOODED before the thumbnail could process. Basically they were leaving nice comments but they didn't mean it. Well that was the idea but apparently I was told that the majority of the stream actually enjoyed it. They just gave me embellished comments like I was the best vlogger of all time or I saved their lives lol. I gained 40 subs and I'm probably going to lose them lol which is fine. I got like 500 troll comments in SECONDS. I couldn't even keep up because my twitter was exploding too. My poor boyfriend even got turned into a meme, which was the only thing I was concerned about was him, since he's not a public figure per se. Anyway, I posted on twitter at the beginning questioning if I was getting trolled. Someone tweeted keemstar and he moved on. How did I handle it? I laughed with them. Trolls think they're extremely hilarious, and they're never really mean. For me I either you ignore them or make light of the situation. I USED to respond like a smart *** and most would shrink away, then I dealt with a female troll, and she called me unprofessional. And she was right. So I try to carry myself a little better and just ignore it. They normally move on to the next. If necessary I will block. I haven't had to. Yet.
 
Delete their system32 folder remotely.

YouTube has good tools to combat trolls, just ban then, and use filters :D
 
Add a list of words you think people might use to insult you to the blacklist. That should help to bore them and give up eventually, they will think their comment has went through when really no one knows they are there.
 
In my field there are only scientific arguments which always lead to something good, so I never restrict nor delete comments.
 
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