# Handling an Intellectual Bully **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Building\ **Created:** [Mai 5, 2015, 1:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-an-intellectual-bully/28313 "2015-05-05T01:35:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![AlexAB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alexab/32/43288_2.png) [@AlexAB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexAB)\ **Post date:** [Mai 5, 2015, 1:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-an-intellectual-bully/28313/1 "2015-05-05T01:35:52Z")
Hey everyone, I was wondering how some of you may have “dealt” with a user who is an intellectual bully? We are a software company and have a forum for people to get support, ask questions and connect with other users. This person G is a great software user (advanced) and does post great responses to questions but is very abrasive, rude and many, many users complain about him and leave the forum because of him. Our forum has a “reputation” because of him… Any thoughts behind “banning” and “warning” users? He is a power user and usually helpful. **From some of my users:** “He has appointed himself Forums Etiquette King, and is trolling around squashing posters if they do not ask questions with his perceived correctness of style, punctuation, grammar, etc.” " …obnoxious prick. I was trying to be polite to you. Your own tirade proved my point. Your historic response to anyone that challenges you is to go off on a tirade. You are a disgrace to any open forum. I have seen time and again when your intelligence level was challenged that you resort to name calling and abuse. If anything happens to be outside your comfort zone, you rule it to be trivial." I do like the “Official Warning” feature on the forum - is that a good first step? When is enough, enough…? Your opinion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Alex --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-an-intellectual-bully/28313)._