DEALING WITH TROLLS
(Whether you have been personally targeted or not, here is the info. you NEED to know!)


There are TROLLS everywhere on the internet, and that includes SnowDays.  Unless there is some sort of "sign in" system devised for the site in the future sometime, TROLLS will just have to be a reality of Flakeville.  This doesn't mean that you should abandon the site though, as there are steps for dealing with them.  Have NO FEAR!

DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS!

If you EVER say something back to the TROLL's comment, or acknowledge her in any way, you have FED the TROLL! 

Remember, the TROLL is trying to provoke you.  She WANTS to upset or anger you, and will try many methods.  Personal attacks, stalking, making flakes or comments in your name, ...you name it, she will try it!  If you talk to her, she is getting just what she wants, which is ATTENTION!

Feeding the TROLL is feeding the CANCER, and the cancer will GROW if you feed it!  You MUST completely IGNORE such comments.  Just DELETE them as seen HERE, and move on.  The TROLL can be persistent and often STALKS her prey, but will eventually lose interest if she gets no response EVER!  Truly, she needs to be SHUNNED!

You can't talk to her on your flakes, and you can't talk to her on other's flakes.  Do NOT respond to flakes she makes as Anon or in other people's names.  Each person must look after their own flake responses and comments, others do NOT need you to come to their defense ;-)  If you see something you do not like at SnowDays, move onto the neXt flake and simply forget about it!

KEEP THE TROLL INSIDE HER CAGE!

If EVERYONE follows these SIMPLE RULES, the TROLL will be rendered POWERLESS and will be kept where she belongs.  In a cage that she created for herself, where we can look at her with amusement from afar!  (hee-hee!)

Don't let her bother you.  She is an ugly & strange little creature, that has habits and instincts we mere humans can't quite understand.  Instead, focus on the REAL people you have come to know and LOVE at SnowDays, for THEY are the reason the community continues to grow, despite one main individual's quest to destroy it.

Yes, TROLLS SUCK, there is no denying it, but when we KNOW how to deal with them, (and stick together as a community), they are powerless and weak and pathetic and sad, (JUST the way we like them!).
 
 

A POWERLESS TROLL IS A TROLL WE CAN LIVE WITH!
Looking is OK, but DO NOT FEED THE TROLL!!!
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APRIL 17th/ '09

(Illustration by DEANNA/CA)

REMEMBER:
THE TROLL COMES IN MANY FORMS AND HAS MANY AGENDAS.
THE ABOVE RULES THOUGH, WILL WORK FOR ALL OF THEM!  ;-)