# Handling an Intellectual Bully **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Building\ **Created:** [5 مايو 2015، 1:35ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-an-intellectual-bully/28313 "2015-05-05T01:35:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 24
**Author:** ![Y\_bike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e9a140/32.png) [@Y\_bike](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Y_bike)\ **Post date:** [6 مايو 2015، 8:18م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-an-intellectual-bully/28313/24 "2015-05-06T20:18:34Z")
You’ve reached out and he said he isn’t going to stop. That is very telling. I recently bought a site with a forum and it was notorious for bullies and trolls. I stopped using it for a while because of all of the fighting. It started to get cleaned up but there is still a troll population. After much internal debate, advice from others, etc. I came to the conclusion 98% of the people coming to the site aren’t looking for a debate/fight/sparring contest. If I privately reach out to give a troll a warning and they tell me off or say they don’t have to change **and** they have a history of negativity **and** I’ve received complaints about them, I ban them. End of subject. It’s not going to get better. Believe or not, the other trolls are reforming and behaving better because of the new approach. The rest of the members are super happy they are coming to a more supportive and helpful environment without fear of being told off for a typo or if they are inexperienced. If you don’t take care of the trolls, you will lose a large audience over time. Don’t protect your trolls. They aren’t worth it no matter how loyal they are. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-an-intellectual-bully/28313)._