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Build Your Tribe | Grow Your Business with Social Media

Dealing with Trolls, Critics and Internet Haters - 218

Build Your Tribe | Grow Your Business with Social Media

Brock Johnson

Business, Marketing

4.92.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

WARNING! This episode of Build Your Tribe contains adult language and themes. So please either put on your headphones or save this episode for a time when the little ones are not around. Chalene has experienced some rude, degrading comments on her Facebook page as well as other platforms. No matter how serious the topic is, it is hard to stay focused when disgusting comments pop up. And what Chalene has come to realize is that it is all a game. These "trolls" don't really think these things about you, they are just trying to cause disruption to your broadcast. Therefore, if you acknowledge them, they will win. For complete show note for this episode go to: www.chalenejohnson.com/podcast Hey…send me a tweet and let me know what you thought about this show! Use the Hashtag #BuildYourTribe so I know you're a homie! xoxo Chalene Connect with me on SnapChat: ChaleneOfficial

Transcript

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0:00.0

Warning, this episode of Build Your Tribe contains adult language and themes.

0:06.0

This is your warning. Please either put on your headphones or save this episode for a moment in time when the little ones aren't around.

0:14.0

Welcome to this adult version of Build Your Tribe.

0:18.0

Welcome to Build Your Tribe with your host, Shaline Johnson.

0:22.0

Listen, I have been there. I have experienced rude, obnoxious, degrading comments.

0:30.0

I'm my live feet. I mean, obviously you experience those comments like on your YouTube videos and Facebook videos, but it's really something different when you experience them live.

0:41.0

On more than one occasion, I've had a live video go into the popular spot, which means it's being seen by a lot more people than just your normal followers.

0:51.0

When this happens, it's like the equivalent of the kid in your high school senior class who is the partier who would like photocopy flyers for a party and then pass it out to all the other bad kids.

1:03.0

Yeah, that's what happens when your broadcast gets in a platform where people are going to see it who normally wouldn't see it.

1:10.0

All the trolls come out.

1:12.0

Now, a troll can find your live broadcast, even if there's only three other people watching.

1:17.0

In fact, trolls love to do this because they want a reaction from you.

1:23.0

So I've been live and delivering a topic like something about marketing or goal setting or health and fitness, digestion, you name it, no matter how serious the topic, it's difficult to stay focused and ignore the comments.

1:36.0

I've had them say things like, hey there, you're pretty, take off your shirt, and that's someone being polite.

1:43.0

I mean, I've had vulgar language, sexually suggestive, not sexually suggestive, completely sexually degrading comments.

1:52.0

Comments about my appearance, you're old, disgusting, you're beautiful, I want to do this, this, and this to you.

1:59.0

Like, you name it.

2:01.0

They're trying to get a reaction from you.

2:04.0

It isn't about you. They don't really think all of these things about you.

2:10.0

It's a game. It's literally a game.

2:14.0

And that's how I've been able to completely ignore the comments.

2:17.0

In fact, the only time it can be very distracting is when everyone else starts getting involved and will say things like, go away, you troll, and then everyone starts trying to tell this person to go away, which little do they know,

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