Wisdom, From Writing Something That Went Viral

My secrets for handling online trolls who spew hatred

Martie Sirois
The Startup
Published in
13 min readSep 8, 2019

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One thing’s for certain, besides death and taxes: if you happen to write something that takes off — whether it’s a best-selling novel, or a social media post that gets shared, or even goes viral— you will attract a large, relentless group of online trolls. They spew hatred and ignorance, they…

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Martie Sirois
The Startup

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