The psychology of trolls

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Hi Candidate,

Today we're going to talk about something really important: The psychology of trolls.

I know, I know. The internet's rule is "Do not reply to trolls."

Yet I reply to every one, meaning I may have the most well-curated troll library on earth. Should I fund the Sethi Museum of Troll Psychology?

Let's dig into my archive. Here are a few emails I've received. What do you notice?

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Besides a clear lack of mastery of basic English, these trolls reveal a lot.

I want to show you how to handle these emails, because if you're creating anything, eventually you'll get comments like this.

So today's new post is for the creators out there. The people writing blog posts, trying to help other people with fitness or some kind of business. You're going to get nutty emails at a certain point. It will happen!

Let's start with an amazing back-and-forth dialogue I had with a reader named "Cliffy."

To see how I handled this, read my new post on the psychology of trolls.

After you read the post, I want to hear from you. What do you notice about these trolls? What's your takeaway? Leave a comment on the blog post with what surprised you. I read every comment.

Ramit Sethi
CEO, I Will Teach You To Be Rich

P.S. A lot of people ask, "Ramit, why do you spend your time on this?"

I'm fascinated with human behavior. I don't get the chance to interact with somebody like this in real life. This is a chance to get curious. And when you see how they react—like on the new blog post—you'll understand why I love this.

And you'll understand why my new official bio photo is going to be this: