Whenever you post on social media, there is a chance you will encounter trolls. Hopefully, you ignore them and don’t become one.

A troll is someone who belittles your opinions, insults you, and treats you with disrespect.

Some trolls these days come from Russia. Most are your friends.

It’s sad to think a friend would publicly insult you. But that’s the thing. Most aren’t real friends. They are trolls.

You encounter them more often when you run a business. But nothing is more shocking than when it comes from a “fan”.

A few weeks back, I was subjected to my own troll “fan”. Their comments were so insulting, I was pretty certain they were coming from Russia, or possibly someone following a hashtag on Instagram.

But no… The conversation ended with “I like your music.”

I’ll be honest before that last comment, I was being pretty nasty. I couldn’t imagine someone who says they like my music to actually treat me with such disdain.

It got me thinking how I want to conduct myself online in this savage troll-centric world?

With kindness and understanding.

Well…as long as they are respectful.

If not, block ‘em and delete the comment.

I don’t want to lower myself to the level of trolls.

Unless they are Arr and Tarr. There’s some fine upstanding trolls.

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