"Don't defend antagonistic comments — silence amplifies them An actor shared that after posting about his role in a controversial episode, the vast majority of responses — 'over 90%' — were supportive, but one hostile comment from what appeared to be a fake profile attracted many defenders, causing it to rise to the top of the thread. As the speaker described, 'all the people start defending me in the comments, so now that makes that comment rise and now it's one of the most prominent comments — and I wish people just weren't responding to this comment.' On social media, engagement with bad-faith attacks, even in opposition, functions as amplification; ignoring or hiding such comments rather than rallying against them keeps them buried. Source: Adrian (guest speaker), Bulwark podcast, The Pit ICE Episode Discussion"