Trolls Liking Posts

[tshenry (Taylor)]

I’m sorry you are having to deal with this issue

I cooked up a little component that might help:

Hide Likes For New Users

This is a very simple theme component that gives you the ability to hide the “like” functionality from new (TL0) users. While not 100% foolproof against an extremely determined troll, it will prevent the “like” elements from ever loading into the DOM while active. The hope is that it can act as an additional obstacle to trolls attempting to abuse likes. I also included the option to hide likes from anons in case that’s helpful for any community. Before: [before] After: [after] Installatio…

Ideally you would spot the troll before they advance to TL1 and lock them at TL0 or delete the account.