Dealing with personal attacks on social media?

[Croconaw]

I have to constantly block that person who attacked me or on this site "Ignore" them. Its hard not to do this because I know in the future it will happen again no matter what I do.

I think just blocking them is the best option. Most of the time, it’s just young kids trolling thinking they’re funny. They aren’t worth getting upset over.

 

[Yanrima~]

Best option, delete or avoid Twitter like a plague.
It's clearly a circus filled with people who've never "touched grass"

Second best option, think before you post onto the internet.

Actually, it's better not to respond to them. I actually felt sorry for the good Japanese fan-artists who get regularly attacked by Twitter (by most of the English-speaking Twitter)

 

[moonbyu]

i just block them.
out of sight, out of mind, as they say!

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

I simply don't post about certain topics anymore on social media, especially if my real face/name is attached to it, or if it's Reddit. I try to stay positive, and just post art or whatever.

Don't got time to debate, and/or get worked up over nasty comments which could potentially have me fuming for years.

 

[Kitsuragi]

hit 'em with the "cope" & turn off notifications

 

[Alienfish]

The only typical social media I have is Instagram and most of the accounts that I follow are stores or Japanese boy bands/artists etc. so luckily I don't have to deal with that really. (I don't really count Discord as a social media per traditional ones but those there I usually block, no matter how fun it is to troll back, lol).

 

[Neb]

I’ve had hundreds, if not thousands of unsolicited pictures of myself taken by the people I went to high school with. They’ve also spread nasty gossip about me to people I talk to online. I try my best to deal with it by ignoring their behavior. There isn’t really anything I can do about it at this point.

 

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[QueenCobra]

I feel kind of weird (and lucky) because nobody’s really attacked me online. I have a Twitter, an Instagram, Wattpad, and Wordpress. The first three are primarily art and writing accounts, while my Wordpress is just me rambling about random subjects I find interesting. (Having researched them, of course.) Someone once accused me of stealing their idea when I didn’t. Someone once called me “jelly” and basically didn’t like a joke I made. The weirdest encounter I’ve had were constant Instagram DMs from this persistent guy who wanted me to draw him for money so I just blocked him.
I’m not saying you CAN’T be attacked for having accounts focused on artsy hobbies, but I’ve found it’s a good way to weed out a lot of the generic trolls.

 

[Croconaw]

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I actually turned off messaging on my XBOX due to only receiving troll-like comments. I also am not open about my gender on there either because a female who is good at sports games is unheard of, apparently. I find that the online community of forums are a lot nicer.

 

[ali.di.magix]

I’ve only been personally attacked once. It was such a weird situation too. I added someone as a friend as I knew them from school. They PM’ed me asking who I was, I replied with something like “oh I know you because you’re friends with x”. Little did I know, these two people had a major fall out and hated each other. This person I friended retaliated by posting publicly on my profile a bunch of insults towards me. A few of my actual friends saw it and bandwagoned on in my defence. After I had poked the bear a bit I ended up blocking the person I friended. Usually blocking and ignoring them is my best option if anything like that happens again.

 

[Violet Witch]

I've been attacked quite a few times and was recently called some very nasty things online and all I did was turn off messaging services and hit the block button without question. It always quells situations like that quickly especially if things are turning incredibly nasty. Also I've come to learn that not everyone will agree with you and if a mature disagreement takes place, then let the other person say their piece and either don't reply back or agree to disagree.

 

[StarlitGlitch]

I don't put myself out publicly in part because of this. I'll share pictures of myself on private accounts just with people I know irl and I avoid topics that could lead to debates besides smaller groups like on forums or chat groups that I feel safe in/where I know people can have a civil discussion.

If for some reason someone tries to go after me unprompted I typically ignore it to not escalate anything but I've never had anyone attack me like others are saying here. I've had a few negative comments on my YT videos and I just leave them be. If I'm reading a comment and I notice it's negative if it isn't constructive or new info I just move on to the next.

One time someone DMed me on Twitter and just said "You make bad YouTube videos lol" I think they were trying to start a fight haha. Of course I didn't respond.

 

[demoness]

honestly it doesn't affect me at all: the one benefit of being perfect to start with and knowing it. you're all perfect too and they can't stop you either.

remember that ;x

 

[thatawkwardkid]

I disregard anything they say the moment they resort to personal attacks or it's not constructive.