I agree with you about the trolling aspect. These are impossible situations to navigate. All we can do is offer help and try and figure out someway to be alerted to the distress of another person.

I like the idea of “hashflag”. I keep thinking of something like a hashtag but somehow invisible to all but those who have been sent the Hashflag or something like that. I’d have to be smarter to have a really good solution.

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The power of mute and ignore is still very strong. My first month here included a few nasty interactions, but I built a nice mute list and that helped.

Trolls are like leeches, they feed on the energy you give them. To kill a troll, you must ignore it and not let it affect you at all costs. Unfortunately, when big accounts leave and we have discussions like this, it energizes the trolls.