Being a regular member on several forums, (though not as much anymore) I've come across several instances of rude and sarcastic forum members.
Some of them have a clever tactic of provoking me or other members without breaking forum rules (ie. cursing or swearing).
Opposite most other peoples experiences, cyber trolls in my experience are usually newcomers to the forums. Some of them try to give you orders on how to post on the forum which is laughable especially coming from these newcomers.
Others take comments by you and twist them around in an attempt to defame you and play the victim themselves.
The silence of other forum members towards their behavior is what their strength on the forum relies on.
Once they get too overconfident in their behavior, they try to get 'smart' with other forum members as well- and that is the time to jump in and gang up on them.
That is the way the bully works in real life and cyberspace, the silence of others and attacking people on an individual basis, never a group of closely associated friends.
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