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How to handle aggressive commenters

How to manage a user who crosses the line and starts to become abusive in your community.

Occasionally, someone in your community might go beyond just being argumentative to actually threatening someone. You need to know how to act when that happens so that you can swiftly and carefully de-escalate the situation and protect members of your community and your newsroom.