There are a lot of trolls trying to bait you into responding to them. Hide reply. Block. Mute. Protect your peace. (I'm telling myself this right now as I delete an acerbic reply to some dipshit) - ThreadSky

angryblacklady.bsky.social • 93 days ago

There are a lot of trolls trying to bait you into responding to them. Hide reply. Block. Mute. Protect your peace.

(I'm telling myself this right now as I delete an acerbic reply to some dipshit)

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thelonewolf7.bsky.social•93 days ago

Not once have I looked at twitter since being on @bsky.app
I’m happy here and loving it.
Just shows you those trump supporters are not happy people

coffeeandchill.bsky.social•92 days ago

the only ok reply is... man these guys make it sooo easy : BLOCKED and then you block them... they get REALLY mad!!!

a-human-be-ing.bsky.social•93 days ago

i kinda want a feed for exactly this; the skeets we never sent to the people that definitely deserved their contents, but we chose to protect our peace instead.

especially because there’s currently no draft option and drafts are so fucking cathartic for exactly this reason.

luckydoghotsauce.bsky.social•93 days ago

My insta-block game is strong right now.

maggiehendricks.bsky.social•93 days ago

My biggest problem is when a reply that annoys me is at the top of my mentions, I want to respond. If it gets pushed down, I’m less bothered. In that spirit, here is my dog.

elusivejay.bsky.social•93 days ago

Bluesky let's you hide replies -- from you or everyone. I've used it a few times. Liberating.

maggiehendricks.bsky.social•93 days ago

I know. But that sometimes feels malevolent to me, so I prefer just getting it knocked out of my sight with animal pics.

angryblacklady.bsky.social•93 days ago

Cute!! and I hear you. It's an object permanence thing

iamnotlarry.bsky.social•93 days ago

I have the same problem. I started typing a response then hitting cancel and deleting the draft. That way I get it out and I don’t start a back and forth with an idiot. My mental health is so much better there than the old place.

elisabethepps.bsky.social•93 days ago

acerbic. yes. more GRE words; less wasting energy on trolls.

tootru.bsky.social•93 days ago

i wrote & deleted 10 different replies to some patronising dude this morning before just blocking him. then went for 2nd sleep.

cabanaboy.bsky.social•92 days ago

👍🏻💯

thisismyalibi.bsky.social•93 days ago

Thank u for reminding me. I get adrenaline rushes from embarrassing these asshats but I am trying to be more mature (?!?!?!?!!?!?! 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮).

bchlvr7.bsky.social•93 days ago

I’m just blocking also, trying not to say one word to them.

unhipcat.bsky.social•92 days ago

Don’t even give them the satisfaction of a sarcastic reply. Starve them of oxygen. Zero recognition.

joonz42.bsky.social•93 days ago

We teach what we have learned.

fashionmaven1908.bsky.social•92 days ago

I looooove the block lists. We will starve them of oxygen until they have no voice here. I’m fine with debating with genuine people I disagree with but not a bad faith actor or hateful troll.

Instant block and move on for me.

whosyrhoosier.bsky.social•93 days ago

A joy to know yr here!

sfgaymom.bsky.social•93 days ago

Thrilled to find you on Bluesky!

nojustdan.bsky.social•93 days ago

Absolutely. Let’s not make the same mistakes we made on the app that shall remain nameless.

jurisdoctorwho.bsky.social•93 days ago

I'm out here doing the work! (You and I followed one another on Xitter). If you recall, I have Long Covid, so I cannot do a lot of things to preserve community, but I CAN do this:

jackcharnista.bsky.social•93 days ago

So, so (SO) hard to resist. Ugh. I try to picture them as angry little man-children desperate for attention. That doesn’t always help.

kitty-wampus.bsky.social•93 days ago

There are a lot more of them since yesterday in my own personal observation.

tina-c-parr.bsky.social•93 days ago

Yep! I'm vetting like the FBI used to.

cinnamon--girl.bsky.social•93 days ago

Its getting pretty easy to spot who they are whether or not they have MAGA in their handle or profile. blocking them keeps my sanity.

bigstupidfun.bsky.social•93 days ago

Thanks for the reminder. Just deleted an accurate but born of cynicism post I just left.

fallenlights.net•93 days ago

One almost got me yesterday when all they typed out was "cringe" and I was like... but what was cringe? Am I cringe? Was what I was bitching about cringe? TELL ME.

Then I realized it was a troll who was lazy.

That's... that's all you got is "cringe"?

buddhabound.bsky.social•93 days ago

I use the same energy to type up the body of the "Other" box while reporting them instead of typing a response. Then I block them when I'm done reporting.

supercoiled.bsky.social•93 days ago

I have several block lists. It entertains me to decide where to file the troll before vaporizing.

nutritionistfoo.bsky.social•93 days ago

I did this the other day, sat with it for like 20 minutes, went back and deleted and blocked. Just not worth it to get activated like that.

brendaninboston.bsky.social•93 days ago

It's so crazy that the big migration to Bluesky has revealed that a huge amount of people see social media in general ONLY as a place to argue instead of posting about things you enjoy. Wild way to go through life.

haydenarrrrgh.bsky.social•92 days ago

As they say, misery loves company.

annarompage.bsky.social•93 days ago

one of the things I really appreciate here, over the other place, is the significantly lower numbers of trolls & static

cainna2.bsky.social•92 days ago

I post first and then block, that way everyone else can see my reply but the dipshit gets no joy.

thebabygoat.bsky.social•93 days ago

It’s actually helping so much that they point themselves out so readily. Makes it really easy to block them as you see them.

jackbwuzhere.bsky.social•93 days ago

I love the block button here. Click-Click you never existed.
I'm fine with honest discussions. Not engaging with rage-bait.

elizmadsen.bsky.social•93 days ago

I received a nasty reply recently and it felt just like my experience at the "bad place." Thankfully, it has only happened once.

aljsinger.bsky.social•93 days ago

Good job! Trolls feed on our response. Give them nothing to bleed them dry.

mrfresh.bsky.social•93 days ago

#protectthemental

twodog.bsky.social•93 days ago

How do you locate them? I'm not on often, so I'm unsure how to identify more than one at one time.

ihatehandls.bsky.social•93 days ago

I just tried doing a search for the word “libtard” It wasn’t as useful as I had hoped, like I couldn’t just block every account I saw because some of them were talking about not being called one in so long, but it still worked pretty well.

undeadceleb.bsky.social•92 days ago

was i the dipshit? i'm sorry i am actually just really stupid

andrewdaviesuk.bsky.social•93 days ago

"Dear troll, I charge $500 per hour or part thereof to argue with cockwombles, please send cash to this P.O. box number and the conversation will continue upon reception." You'll probably need to adjust the hourly rate up a fair bit.