How To Deal With Internet / YouTube Trolls (Urgo’s YTO 76 Day 290)

by Urgo on February 16, 2011

How To Deal With Internet / YouTube Trolls (Urgo’s YTO 76 Day 290)

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Serious video for you guys today. This is one I’ve been meaning to make for a while now but hadn’t had the time. I’ve seen many other orbiters make similar videos but I wanted to share my ideas as I’ve helped several others with this in the past. Please watch the video and also read below as I expand on some aspects as well.

Cyber Bullying and trolling are serious and unfortunately very common problems that effect YouTubers of all ages. A troll in YouTube terms is basically defined as someone who leaves you comments messages videos responses etc that are negative in order to elicit some reaction out of you. Basically just like a bully in real life whether they know you or not they are trying to make you feel bad and on the internet it’s especially easy because they can hide behind a cloak of anonymity.

The most important thing to remember is DON’T TAKE IT PERSONALLY! Again they are doing this just to get a reaction out of you and to get some sort of attention on themselves. As hard as it may be don’t take to heart what they are saying even if it hurts.

YouTube provides functions to protect yourself from repeat offenders namely blocking them and removing the comments or if you feel its sever enough you can report it to them from their safety center.

The worst thing you can do is to show the reaction the troll is looking for so don’t respond either via text or video unless you are absolutely sure you are not playing into their game. I personally like to respond to mild trolls playing off their questions to diffuse the situation and spin it positive. That being said I only recommend this once you have mastered the don’t take it personally step else you might inadvertently be feeding the troll and that’s not good.

When leaving comments for other youtubers be aware that text is one of the hardest form of communication to clearly deliver your message because once its there its there and you can’t show any subtleties that you would face to face. A comment that you leave that you might mean to be light hearted and playful could be taken as very mean when someone else is reading it so be careful!

Lastly if you ever are getting bullied trolled etc and it gets to be too much for you make SURE you bring someone else that you can trust into the situation to talk about it. Don’t ever let things escalate. Talk to a friend parent teacher the authorities or even me if you need help. The alternative could be catastrophic.

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Urgo’s YouTube Orbit – Daily Video 290 of 365 – Feb 16th 2011

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