Dealing with trolls and bots
is part of the social media experience.
Some people try to shame them.
They share the troll response
and ridicule it.
And that is exactly
what the trolls and bots want.
They don’t care
about the ridicule.
They drop a comment
and run.
They care about reach.
And by shaming the troll or bot,
that reach is expanded.
Instead,
I block the trolls and bots.
I’m not going to change
the mind
of a computer
or of a human
paid to cause chaos.
There’s no point
in arguing with them.
I simply sever their reach
and remove them
from my feed completely.
Block the trolls and bots
and move on.