How do you deal with trolls?

When my page was new it was so fun and light hearted. So many nice people! Now that my page has been taking off and I’m having viral videos I’m getting so many miserable people in my comments. It’s so draining.

I’ve never done any type of content creation so I’m not used to having people be rude to me over the internet (or just in general lol). It’s something to get used to for sure. I spend so much time making these videos and get so excited to post them. Then get a handful of negative people under them. I don’t even post controversial content. It’s mostly day in the life vlogs and videos of my cats but someone always finds something to say.

I was super defensive at first and would fight back with them but realized it wasn’t good for my mental health. I know even bad comments are engagement, but now I’ve started deleting them. I know if my page really takes off I won’t be able to avoid this and trolls will be trolls. Having a thick skin is something I think all content creators need to learn to develop when they share their life online.

For a newbie learning how to navigate this all, how did/do you deal with trolls?

Comments

Mysterious-Bee9999over 1 year ago1

legit just ignore them

FTWButterflyover 1 year ago1

Pay no mind to idiots behind keyboards. They will never go away. You can block them and delete their comments, anything you want. It's your page. Views are views, and I'm to the point where I just laugh. It doesn't affect my real life.

Aly_Anonover 1 year ago1

Literally ignore them- don't engage at all. It's only fun being a troll if you're being fed. I even delete the notification of their comment so I don't see it on the pull down.  Troll comments have nothing to do with your post and everything to do with them wanting attention and chaos.

Powerful-Past5614over 1 year ago1

Block. Immediate block.

Eastern-Theory-3389over 1 year ago1

Ignore. Block. It's the downside to making content on a platform like TT. Some people just want to be a dick for no other reason than they want to complain or need an outlet. Unfortunately, you become their dumping ground.

I made a cooking video that got a ton of views and I made like $400 of it. 98% of the comments were great, but there was a handful of people who saw a piece of the food I was making touch something and they were super outraged and sent death threats. People are weird, man. I just delete and block.

Evilcon21over 1 year ago1

I just ignore them. I had one who legitimately told me I deserved everything bad that ever happened to me and will end up happening.

Nogardtistover 1 year ago1

clown on them

dont worry most of them are subhuman where their anger and being rotten from some shitty infuencers did enough damage you basically cant make it worse nor fix them

ChildOfHeavenlyQueerover 1 year ago1

Their comments help boosting your videos tho. Let's see in this side.

XoXo_Lindseyover 1 year ago1

They literally want attention don’t give it to them. If they’re trying to offend you don’t take it personally they don’t know you as a person, they know nothing about you and it is most often times an inner projection. Ignoring them is the best thing you can do to retaliate trust me. They want your attention. That’s why they are commenting, don’t give it to them, and I wouldn’t even delete their comments because comments (good or bad) help you get pushed further out into the algorithm, thus giving you more views, and in turn hopefully helping you earn money if you get into the creator fund. If anything, you can just say “thank you for your engagement.” Otherwise, just ignore them.

d1gtlb4thover 1 year ago1

Literally just post your videos and don’t even read through the comments if comment notifications pop up when you scrolling on your fyp immediately swipe it away and pay no attention to it.