How To Handle A Troll in 10 (not so easy) Steps! -
This blog was set up to deal with the Troll known as MORGANZA ( Morgan Welborn ) on May 5th, 2011 and used this tutorial. When Step #1 started the Troll was posting on ONE website/places. By the time we got to Step #10 the Troll had expanded to posting on EIGHT websites/places that we know of. We are no longer following this Troll so if when you read this, the Troll has fewer sites then the Troll has given up his life of Trolling. If the Troll is still on these sites going after people then he is still happy to be a Troll!
From time to time, people go online and sprout lies and or half truths or negative opinions about another person or company. This is usually done out of jealousy or spite. This is a little tutorial on how to deal with this person. This will only be helpful if you know for a fact that they are lying or just being vengeful and you have proof of it. Some times the proof is public or private, Either way, when dealing with a Troll, turn about is fair play. You will only do SOME of what the Troll does for about 10 days. The Troll however is a Troll for life. So when they attack you, you have to hit back. Or hire someone to do it for you if you are too busy and can afford it. They will likely tell lies and half truths or criticize because they "want to help others" or they "want no one to go through what they went through" Don't you buy it. It's all about THEM and THEIR agenda. They want attention, specifically they want traffic to their sites, revenge or whatever. The best part about this tutorial is that the Troll will do most of the work. You'll see.
Step by Step
Step #1- Register a separate email account. Register at Gmail.com or Yahoo.com specifically for dealing with the Troll. If you are working alone, fine. If you have help or have hired someone then make sure they have access to the account so that they can respond as well and help you keep track of the Troll over the 7 day plan. The troll will also have many other fake names so be prepared for that. They will use those names to have it appear as if someone else is there to "back them up". Feel free to do the same.
Step #2- Register at all the sites that the troll is using to attack you. If the Troll hasn't posted about what happened, then ask them anonymously. This will be a big help later. Don't tip your hand yet. Let them dig the hole deeper.
Step #3- Let the troll do what they do for a while. This is the hardest part. The troll is really going to go after you. Let Them!... The #1 thing they do is to find someone else, anyone who has a problem with you to drag them in. Don't worry, the Troll will attract OTHER TROLLS. Let them pile up, let them have at it..... For a while at least. As the Troll gets more people on his or her side, they will get bolder and expand their Trolling. It is so much fun for them to go after YOU that they will now want to go after OTHERS!
Step #4- Start a blog dedicated to the troll. You're going to need this. Make the blog about anything at first, but the ultimate goal is to lure the Troll out. Make them feel safe and secure. Remember they actually BELIEVE the crap that they have been sprouting to all their friends and cohorts. You are going to to need a place to post your own dealings with the Troll and let others see the full picture. Trust me, people who have been believing this TROLL and joining in with his crusade are going to be a little pissed that they were lied to as the facts begin to come out.The Trolls closest cohorts will stick right along with him.
Step #5- Start attacking the TROLL! - Okay, so now you have your email, your name and you are following the Troll. Now hit EM!!! Have at it. Let out the anger that you have for this individual. Just DON'T LIE! go ahead and say some stuff you want to say. It's better to get it out now because as the process goes the Troll will begin to unravel and you will remain calm because you have already let it all out. The Troll will suspect that you are not just a by-stander and are not who you say you are. That's okay, this is all part of the process. The Troll may or may not find out that your responses are deliberate. If they say "HEY I KNOW WHO YOUR REALLY ARE" Deny it, even to your friends. I know I said don't lie but this again is part of the process, you have to get this troll waaaay out in the open. In fact, so far out that when you give the facts the Troll won't be able to hide any more. When you see that the Troll is now expanding to go after others then you know that the Troll is confident. When you get to Step #10, feel free to tell any of your friends. All you will have to do is send them to the site you made. The story will tell itself, and again, The troll will do most of the work.
Step #6 Respond to the Troll everywhere that they have written about you. Make sure that you have a link going back to YOUR site. Not your regular site but the site that you have set up for the Troll. Remember you are NOT trying to generate traffic, you are dealing with the Troll. Also DO NOT drag anyone else into this, That's what the Troll does. The Troll will search the web high and low for things to use against you. Let them. But do NOT do the same. You are dealing with THIS Troll. Don't drag in other people into this mess. You have all the tools you need already.
Step #7 Start Asking Questions. The Troll will NOT like this! Also Be specific in your questions. The Troll won't like that either. The answers that the troll gives will not be specific. When the specifics become known, then all the people that the Troll has dragged into this will not be too happy. The Troll is now stuck in a very precarious position. See, if they answer the questions honestly then the truth works against them. At first the Troll will be sympathetic with others. "Oh wow, I;m sorry to hear that" It's all B.S. but let him do it. Trust me, the Troll won't be giving a damn about anyone else as this goes on. As soon as your Troll has started answering questions, then you've got them! If they answer half the questions, press them.When you ask your questions make sure you state that "The Troll will NEVER answer these questions" By now they will have to. Don't worry, the Troll won't tell the whole truth. Even now. But it's too late because you will have the Trolls answers and then you can bring out the full story.
Step #8 Bite the Bullet. When you go after the Troll some of the other Trolls are going to attack you. So will people who have no idea what happened but just want to jump on the Trolls band wagon, But that's okay, YOU ARE NOT A TROLL! You are just doing this to deal with this Troll. You're not going out into the public on the internet and going after someone for selfish reasons and dragging in other people to a FALSE CAUSE. That is what the Troll does. As soon as the questions start the Troll will begin posting all kinds of links. The Troll will also now start looking to bring more people into his web site. He will start emailing and trying to line up as many allies as he can. He has to, he needs them, because he can't stand on his own two feet. The Troll won't even know what's happening, They will be too busy trying to convince people who you are and what you have done. And it's all a lie.
Step #9 Question the Trolls answers a little. This will cause the Troll to get VERY angry and really start going all over the web. This is the tough part, you have to hang on for one more day to let the Troll stew. When the day comes that you feel you have enough then move on to the next step.
Step #10. Publish your side of the story along with this tutorial on your Troll Specific website. This will be your last post on the Blog EVER! Feel free to send the link to the people that the TROLL brought into this. It will be the first and the last time you contact anyone about this and your only reason for doing so is to expose the Troll. BUT DO NOT PUBLISH THIS TUTORIAL UNTIL AFTER STEP #9. This is CHESS my friends, NOT CHECKERS! You can drop hints like "to be continued..." or "more to come" all along the way. Publish the date that you decided to deal with your Troll at the top of this tutorial. Anyone who followed this or reads it later will see that you did it! You did the steps and the Troll went along perfectly. The Troll will have no idea what is really going on until you have taken care of step 10, and by then it is too late. You have drawn them out. Exposed their lies and the Troll can either stop or keep going. Most true Trolls will just keep on Trolling! It doesn't matter, you have proven your point. There ARE two sides to every story, and that person was indeed A TROLL!
Some people will wonder "Why didn't you just tell your side to begin with?" That won't work with a Troll. You have to show them being a Troll. The fact of the matter is the Troll will probably keep on Trolling. But once you have gone through this process, anyone will see the Troll for what they really are.
This whole process should take about 7 to 10 days.
Don't let the TROLL get away with building his or herself a career by feeding off of your hard work. When all this is over you will continue to be a productive, hard working person with a passion for what you love to do. And the Troll will still just be... A Troll! Probably still posting and making sites about you or someone else. But after this is over you will be done with them and you can move on. In the future people will see that all you were doing was working the 10 steps of...
How To Handle A Troll!
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