# Handling an Intellectual Bully

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-an-intellectual-bully/28313>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [Mai 5, 2015, 2:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-an-intellectual-bully/28313/5 "2015-05-05T02:04:09Z")

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Present it along these lines:

> you have great information to share, but the way you sometimes share it is causing people to leave

Ultimately if they do not change their behavior, they are net negative to the community… existing people leave, new people do not stay, etc.

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