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Etsy Forum Trolls

Periodically I wander over to the Etsy Forum to see what discussions might be taking place or site bugs I should know about. When business is unusually slow, I also like to see if other shop owners are experiencing the same slow down. I've come to discover I'm not alone in this most of the time which can be comforting. What I've STOPPED doing in the Forum is asking questions or commenting. Within seconds of posting my question or concern or affirmation of someone else's post, an Etsy Forum Troll will call me out for some weird off the wall reason. It never really pertains to what I've posted. It's just a brief, cynical, sarcastic response OR a lengthy lecture of all that I'm doing wrong and the page and subsection of the Etsy Seller's Handbook for proof. I'm left for a few moments in utter disbelief at the Forum Troll's lack of boundaries but of course I get over it...eventually. It's galling to have this happen though. And I swear