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How to handle FAKES and TROLLS

Andrea
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This blog I dedicate my friends, who fall into trap of fakes and trolls wink.png tongue.png

Fakes and trolls are easy to recognize: 

They keep their anonymity on every prize: no name - no real foto - but hiding behind a big fassade

And this big fassade is as big as possible: super sexy - super strong - super famous  avatar,

because in real life they feel exact the contrary and have the urge to compensate this feeling. 

Their lack of self-esteem is enhanced by a super avatar: the smaller they feel, the bigger / sexier / stronger /famous their pic will look like. wink.png

So be aware behind  a super sexy, strong, impressive avatar is most probably a super ugly, weak and  inconspicious person.

MOST OF THE BIKINI AVATARS ARE PROFILES OF MEN!

Their intention is

attention, affirmation, caring and for trolls in addition drama and damage others. 

Article: 

Fortunately, it’s easy to spot an Internet troll from a distance. They have their own sets of socially unacceptable behaviors.

  • Trolls generally use provocative and confrontational language. A clever one will mix it up with relevant and friendly posts.

  • Trolls hardly ever stick to the topic; they beat around the bush with the intention to confuse the reader.

  • Trolls of the subtle variety flag off their attack with innocent questions. You will often find them dressed up as new members of forums and chat rooms.

  • Trolls lack understanding of a topic. They will not respond with a proper answer to a proper question.

  • Trolls (especially the clever variants) use catch phrases to win sympathy. For instance, they may portray themselves as victims or specially challenged.

  • Trolls use web addresses or fictitious online identities that lead to dead ends.

  • Trolls may make desperate efforts to make themselves liked. Sugar coated responses or overt-flattering comments are signature troll moves.

There are different types of trolls. Most are hit-and-miss and are far easier to deal with. Some are more strategic in the way they embed themselves online so as to cause maximum mayhem with minimum fuss. Identifying an internet troll is half the battle one. You can only count on your experience to get one early before you are baited by them. Now, comes the relatively easy part of dealing with these internet trolls.

So how to handle trolls and fakes?

Avoidance is the best policy: If you can catch them shooting their mouths off, totally ignore remarks left by trolls. Don’t feed the trolls should be stuck up on a yellow sticky always.

Avoid arguments: If you do get on a one-to-one with someone you suspect to be a troll, keep your remarks to an absolute minimum. State your facts and move on. Put the ball in their court. By the second remark or so, a troll would have identified himself.

Don’t let them flatter to deceive: There is a high chance that a troll will pay a compliment or two to ingratiate himself before he starts his attack. This is a tough one as there are many real admirers who do sugar coat their comments.

Ask For Supporting Data: To net a troll in the anti-spam net, you can ask for data that can quickly verified like an email address or domain name. Genuine commentators usually have an online persona to back themselves.

The power of the webmaster: You can use blacklists and whitelists to separate the bad from the good. IP addresses can be tracked and persistent attacks from an IP or a range of IPs can be effectively blocked.

Did Einstein know a few trolls when he said – “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I am not sure about the universe.”

source:https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-effective-ways-deal-arrogant-internet-trolls/

The fakes I have heard about on chess.com out of sudden disappear, close their account without warning and cut all contacts. This is also named "ghosting" and one of the most cruel things you can do to a person who trusted you. 

This link gives more info and I recommend to read it

https://www.psycom.net/what-is-ghosting

Wish you all a great time on chess.com and take care whom you give your time and attention wink.png happy.png