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As one might expect, Casey is the type that once she gets what she wants she immediately starts pushing for the next thing. ><

So I had a fascinating development in my career as an online artist yesterday.  At Hentai Foundry it appears I've attracted my first shameless, virulent troll.  By this I mean their comments weren't even in the ballpark of constructive criticism. This guy doesn't just hate the comic he hates me, and he's expressed as much with all the eloquence of a child who just learned how to swear.

I refer to this as fascinating because I follow a good deal of successful internet personalities on Youtube, and one of the more memorable quotes I've heard is something along the lines of "If you aren't attracting trolls, you simply don't have a big enough audience yet and need to keep working."  So I view this as a milestone in a demented sort of way.  My artwork isn't going anywhere and I'm going to keep practicing to improve, so in theory my audience is only going to grow, so this sorry goon is likely to be the first of many and something I need to know how to handle.

So the question is how do I handle it? I know better than to argue with them or engage them directly, not only because life is too short but because nothing good can come of it. If I attempted to sic my fanbase on him that could only lead to my comment sections being full of hateful arguments.  Also don't see much point in deleting the comments, and blocking or reporting them seems futile because free online profiles are perfectly disposable and there'd be nothing to stop them from making a new one, now armed with the knowledge that they can get my attention.

So anyhow all signs seem to point to "ignore them" but that doesn't feel completely right to me either. This guy spewed all over three separate pages of the comic with such enthusiasm that I can't help but think he'll be back when I post tomorrow. So if it happens again I'm toying with the idea of addressing the audience at HF directly on the matter and outlining some of what I've mentioned just now.

So why am I being so candid here?  Well while Patreon supporters are still technically part of my audience I consider you guys to be more of a collection of friends and allies that I can talk straight to a bit more than when I post to a general audience elsewhere.  Anyhow I hope you like the new page and if you have any thoughts or input on today's topic let me know in the comments. :)