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I’m gonna guess that a group of people sending hate to supernatural fans will probably head off to another fandom, so tools that have helped people this time should work for anyone receiving hate and threats.
First, if you get hate messages, turn off anon. I know a lot of people like anon for the good messages, but it’s not worth the stress, I’ve been online for over a decade and deciding to have no anon messaging anywhere I’ve blogged it hasn’t hurt my followers, or kept me from making friends.
Screencap the message, do a search of the ip, report to staff and then delete the message.
Don’t delete your posts from your blog, particularly things that may ‘target’ you, such as posts about feelings of depression, anxiety, stress, self-harm. Why is that? Because your blog is your space, the one place that you shouldn’t have to censor yourself, and people need to see that to know they aren’t alone in what they are going through, someone gets it. Remember you aren’t at fault, and anything you’ve posted online is no reason to bully you.
Realize that the hater doesn’t know you, the messages they send are almost a script, because the stuff they are spewing is generic and they are randomly seeking a target - most likely the person posting hate is someone younger and male, posting to someone who is female and harassing them. This is their twisted form of entertainment, don’t give them the satisfaction.
Don’t reblog posts of someone preparing to harm themselves, or messages that someone is in hospital and/or dying. Most of these posts are the result of hacking and only serve to panic and trigger people, but the important thing is you are not helping the person in need. Quickly report the posts to support, they have mechanisms in place to deal with suicide/hate threats online.
What does help is sending out messages of support, posting supportive images and videos, etc. If you have a list of people needing help DO NOT post it publicly with links, this only serves to enable the people sending hate, DO set up a safe space online to post links only viewable to people within the fandom that you’ve vetted, yes, that takes time, but it will serve to help people not hurt them further and you can use it for networking, making friends, doing charity works for fandom fun later.
If you suffer from depression, reach out for professional help. Same as if you broke a leg, it’s an issue with your health, not a reflection on yourself as a person. Tie yourself to things you love in your life, there’s plenty there if you look, friends rl and online, your pets, promises you’ve made, your excitement for a movie sequel, a new book coming out, the places you want to visit, the thing in itself doesn’t matter, it’s giving yourself a chance for a future.
First, if you get hate messages, turn off anon. I know a lot of people like anon for the good messages, but it’s not worth the stress, I’ve been online for over a decade and deciding to have no anon messaging anywhere I’ve blogged it hasn’t hurt my followers, or kept me from making friends.
Screencap the message, do a search of the ip, report to staff and then delete the message.
Don’t delete your posts from your blog, particularly things that may ‘target’ you, such as posts about feelings of depression, anxiety, stress, self-harm. Why is that? Because your blog is your space, the one place that you shouldn’t have to censor yourself, and people need to see that to know they aren’t alone in what they are going through, someone gets it. Remember you aren’t at fault, and anything you’ve posted online is no reason to bully you.
Realize that the hater doesn’t know you, the messages they send are almost a script, because the stuff they are spewing is generic and they are randomly seeking a target - most likely the person posting hate is someone younger and male, posting to someone who is female and harassing them. This is their twisted form of entertainment, don’t give them the satisfaction.
Don’t reblog posts of someone preparing to harm themselves, or messages that someone is in hospital and/or dying. Most of these posts are the result of hacking and only serve to panic and trigger people, but the important thing is you are not helping the person in need. Quickly report the posts to support, they have mechanisms in place to deal with suicide/hate threats online.
What does help is sending out messages of support, posting supportive images and videos, etc. If you have a list of people needing help DO NOT post it publicly with links, this only serves to enable the people sending hate, DO set up a safe space online to post links only viewable to people within the fandom that you’ve vetted, yes, that takes time, but it will serve to help people not hurt them further and you can use it for networking, making friends, doing charity works for fandom fun later.
If you suffer from depression, reach out for professional help. Same as if you broke a leg, it’s an issue with your health, not a reflection on yourself as a person. Tie yourself to things you love in your life, there’s plenty there if you look, friends rl and online, your pets, promises you’ve made, your excitement for a movie sequel, a new book coming out, the places you want to visit, the thing in itself doesn’t matter, it’s giving yourself a chance for a future.
