We live in the era of the Internet and digitalization, and almost every person in one way or another comes into contact with the worldwide digital network. And since psychology is connected with all spheres of human life, requests to a psychologist naturally arise related to problems that arise for Internet users. I will give an example of one of such requests: I am a blogger and often write various materials on my blog, communicate on specialized forums and manage social networks on my professional topics. I love what I do, but there is one big BUT. Internet trolls are just annoying! With their appearance, comments and the forum become clogged, and discussion participants lose the thread of the conversation. Negativity fills the airwaves, and normal people suffer a serious psychological blow. Tell me how to identify Internet trolls, how to deal with them and react correctly. Let's figure out this phenomenon together and give recommendations. An Internet troll is a person who has a certain program of consciousness. As a rule, he fills his emptiness, makes up for his lack of something. This emptiness or lack is often caused by psychological trauma. The key to an Internet troll's program is to attract a person's attention and provoke a range of emotions and reactions. This is usually done through provocation, insults, unfounded criticism and devaluation. But there are still a lot of Internet troll tools. Normal adequate people and specialists know how to conduct a constructive dialogue, respecting each other’s opinions, activities and results. Internet trolls do not have such algorithms in their minds. Thanks to this, they are easy to recognize. It is also worth saying that there are professional trolls for whom trolling is a job, and they get money for it. If you recognize an Internet troll on the network, then there may be two main options for action, from which you can deduce a few more sub-reactions: Complete ignoring and ban. This is the simplest and most effective method. You simply do not react, but use the function of complaining about user behavior. Using a troll for your own personal purposes. This is suitable for strong-willed people who know how to keep their emotional sphere under control. It is important to understand that the algorithms of Internet resources see activity under your materials and give the go-ahead for their promotion. This means that more users will see you, your reach will increase and your traffic will grow. That is, in this case, the Internet troll brings you good, and you can consciously counterattack it. You can also pump up confidence and self-esteem, work with impostor syndrome, if you approach this issue correctly and select appropriate psychological practices. Depending on the situation and characteristics Internet troll, you can choose how to interact with him correctly and effectively, and accordingly, choose a response method. And one more thing. These algorithms for interacting with an Internet troll can be used when interacting with trolls in real life. Taking care of you, your psychologist and mentor Svetlana Averina Sign up for a consultation: https://www.b17.ru/averina_s/#consultationMake an appointment by phone/WhatsApp + 79173630605https://zen.yandex.ru/psycholog_online_averina