Trolls in the house!

Trolls gotta troll I guess. We are all here for you no matter what the trolls do Fran.

Bart de Boisblanc

Imagine for a minute what this person's life must be like. I sense misery; a LOT of it.

Dang, wtf is wrong with people.

Jesse G. Donat

You can't please all the people all the time so to do so is just going to drive you to insanity. Haters are gonna hate, but in the grand scheme of things they are very few even if they are very vocal. You are fine Fran and doesn't matter what an anonymous coward says. I for one enjoy what you do and so am committed to helping you continue to do it.

veritanuda

Hi Fran, sorry you're getting some senseless, abusive comments: These types (herd mentality cowards) have been with us since , well, there was "civilization". Politicians sure seem to know how to exploit them! The Web seems to act as a giant magnet for cuckoos, which is probably one of the Web's darkest aspects. Love from us, and our cats, here in PA.

Fuck the fucking fuckers. They don't define you.

SpringRat

Sorry Fran, you don't deserve that. It's small consolation - but I always assume trolls are themselves deeply unhappy and dissatisfied with their own life. They lash out from a position of weakness, hurting others to feel better about themselves. Worthless comments but they can still be a mental burden, especially when you're down.

If an unlisted video is also listed in a Playlist then people can find it that way. Happens to my unlisted videos all the time.

EEVblog

Weird choice of fake name on this troll.

Jamie Magin

some people just have nothing constructive to do with their lives. How sad.

Sorry to hear about the infestation of trolls. It’s an epidemic on the Internet. I think YouTube unlisted links are complicated enough not to be guessable, but they’re also easily shared, and it doesn’t take many people sharing it with “just one other person” before you’re way outside the original community. (Eg, if it was posted on EEVBlog it might not even be anyone there, but maybe someone reposted it elsewhere from there.) Sharing links is the best and worst thing about the modern Internet. Ewen

Ewen McNeill

Obviously you are fighting back with a little bit of humour, Fran, which I think is probably the best reaction. There is nothing in that hateful comment from a troll that needs further discussion.

Philip Stephens

You are part of our tribe and we love you!

Terry Cox

Sadly, this is the evolved behaviour of our anterior cingulate cortex. It can only cope with a tribe of about 250 people and for ‘non-tribe’ individuals, it is able to make your brain switch off empathy and in extreme cases dehumanise others entirely. See 1939-45 for examples of how many ordinary people were able to demonstrate this behaviour at scale whilst still feeling entirely normal and adoring their children.

Terry Cox

Unless tossed in one's face. I've had it both ways!

Fran Blanche

Was never so much a choice as pure necessity for me...

Fran Blanche

It has been shown in the thread the EEVBlog forum...

Fran Blanche

I just find it perplexing. I get enough of this stuff every day to have lots of practice ignoring it.

Fran Blanche

Who cares about those idiot who can't accept people being what they want to be? Just do what you do and ignore them. They feed on your distress, like parasites.

Well, they’re just jealous of your inimitable style and loyal following. 😊 While it’s true you can’t access the video without a link, it’s also true that once the link is out there, it can be shared. So, it may not have been one of your supporters, but someone they shared the link with.

Fred Patton

I find the best way of getting rid of trolls is usually to not react. Trolls thrive on getting a rise out of people and will stop once they realize you won't give them the satisfaction. But still fuck them!

Fuck them!

Know the trolls are the flawed ones.

William Alsing

You are fine as you are. Don't change a thing.

William Alsing

Literally every word they spoke was utter bollocks! I'm sure they only lash out due to envy of your achievements and there own shallow emptiness..

Boris von Shithousen

[sigh] Why is Pope John Paul II's ghost such a dick?

Brendan Meteer

Being self-employed is the bravest career choice anyone can make. Don't read the troll messages and don't take them to heart. The internet can be a mean and disappointing place. Focus on the positive. Look at all of us here!

I used to think that people like that could be removed by non-violent means. With the most recent crop in DC, only encouraging them, non-violence is simply not a way to get rid of this disease on society. Sometimes you have to kill the infection to cure the disease.

Rocco Rizzo

Some folks find some self-worth in attacking others, for a whole host of inane reasons. It doesn't often make rational sense. The world can be weird and capricious, and so can some people. You seem so cool Fran, just keep keepin' on, and take heart in the knowledge that, while haters might sometimes be louder, they are always outnumbered. I'm really sorry about the impending uncertainty about your space; hoping for the best.

This guy is using the family name of Pope John Paul the second as a user name so obviously a fake. More to be pitied tgan scolded. As Taylor Swift so eloquently puts it, Are you ok? Why are you mad? When you can be glad? You need to calm down!

An insult is like a drink; it affects one only if accepted. -Robert A Heinlein: Glory Road 1963

Stephen Woods

Jackasses gonna jackass.

Jenny Everywhere

I'm so sad to see the trolls infiltrating our patron group. I enjoy all your videos and I love to see your designs and builds. Your creativity is why I'm here. Buzz off negative people!

I suspect that you and all the previous commenters would agree with Marcus Aurelius -- Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. I would guess that all trolls perceive injury to themselves where there is none. So sad that it becomes an obsession when their energy could be used for things so much better.

Steven Knudsen

Sometimes unrestrained capitalism sucks. (referring to your building) I suspect the haters are jealous of what you can do. I am always being impressed by all the things you can do. You are strong Fran. - For some reason I can't load the "troll.jpg" file.

John N Nelson

😢🌎...

glasslinger can fix tube radios & TV's i like his tube making videos

God 420

they call you a cross dresser that's a joke check out https://www.youtube.com/user/glasslinger he is good he makes his own tubes

God 420

It was obviously a troll account because I tried to look them up and there are about a dozen accounts with that name with one video and just a handful of subscribers. I'm not sure how unlisted videos work. Maybe there's still a URL but it doesn't show up in search results so you can still link it? I was still able to copy a link for that video normally. I didn't paste it or share it with anyone because I knew it was supposed to be private. You could brush this off as a troll but to even arrange those words in a sentence, troll or not, is repugnant. And I'm sorry people have to be that way. It is literally un-evolved to say something like that. That sort of tribal mentality of detesting someone simply because they're not part of your "group" is a leftover early-human instinct. I love your channel and your content and I relate to you because you're nerdy and introverted. I'm getting to that age when I'm starting to understand how the world works; that a lot of people are terrible and not that bright and the bottom line is money, nobody gives a f*ck. And there will always be someone richer than you charging too much for rent or evicting you, or not paying you enough at your job. Sorry for the negativity and rambling. I hope you're able to keep FranLab going. It is my #1 YT channel.

Mr. Wojtyla, you sir are a coward. Ms. Blanche, you ma’am are a badass. End of story.

Hm. I picked up the video link from the EEVBlog forum. Dave posted it there, there was a thread dedicated to your 'exodus' from the previous lease.

It breaks my heart to see such hateful words directed to such a wonderful person. That guy must live a sad cowardly existence to say that and hide behind a fake name. Know that we all have your back and know you can do this!

Mikeybg

Some people are jerks.

Juan Nunez

There are too many horrible people out there that spend their day trying to hurt others. It's probably because they have been hurt themselves. You'll need a thick skin to endure them. Just as with prank or obscene phone calls, the best way to handle them is to ignore them. Any response at all feeds their addiction. A no-response gives them no satisfaction at all.

I know it is difficult, but please try not to let it get to you. As others have said, haters gonna hate. Just remember, for every one of these sad, messed-up individuals, you have a hundred or more who understand and care for you.

It’s fear of the “other,” the prime motivation for all so called hate & bigotry. The reason we fair so poorly at dealing with bigotry is because we keep dealing only with the symptom and not the disease, so you step 1 hair’s breadth outside of what bigots consider “normal” and their knee jerk reaction is to try and make the scary person go away. It’s exactly like those videos you see from time to time of a dog barking at a noisy toy or a tiny frog. You could be forgiven for thinking the dog hates the singing Santa doll or tiny frog because it’s barking, snarling & feigning at it but you know what’s really happening is the dog is scared of the unfamiliar thing and trying to scare it away. So it is with bigots & haters, you take half a step out of their idea of “normal” and they get scared, so they bark & snarl & feign at you to try and scare you away. Always remember that they have the problem, not you and always remember that their problem is fear, it’s cowardice and that’s not your fault or your problem.

Nicholas Wilson

Tolls just like seeing their comments published. It is sad that this is all can can aspire to. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Keep on being yourself and read through the many positive comments and feed on those.

Robert Dicken

That is so messed up. Some people just cannot help themselves to be evil.

Richard Thompson

Try to ignore it Fran. You have better things to put your mind to.

Lawrence ORourke

I pity people like that, something has gone seriously wrong in their heads to have to lash out, maybe its inadequacy, maybe they don't get the attention they crave, maybe they are trying to impress somebody that doesn't love them... whatever it is there is a deep sadness and we can only look down at them in disappointment.

I'm pretty sure I've stumbled upon a couple unlisted videos from creators I don't support thru Patreon. Not sure if unlisted is different from private or really how any of that works

Michael O'Rourke

"Haters gonna hate". Sorry you got targeted but hopefully you can ignore that and move on. Please look toward the light of your 100K subscribers. Some people thrive on controversy and love to stir up negative emotions like most news programs. If only all of this negative energy could be channeled for something good instead...

Bill Karkula

Absolutely a full grown man.

Fran Blanche

Is it the glasses? I'm so confused.

Fran Blanche

Oh, I get emails and comments like this one every day. Every day.

Fran Blanche

Some people were raised poorly, and their parents were too.

Well, so much for that!

Fran Blanche

Very much the minority I'm sure.

It's publicly linked on EEVBlog forum. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/yet-another-franlab-crisis/msg2705662/#msg2705662

WizardTim

Yuk. Delete, ban, and move along. There will always be trolls.

Bill Kerr

It's just someone projecting their own insecurities onto you.

Sam Yates

When I watch a FranLab video all I see is a genius inventor trying to share excellence. No troll is going to change my opinion or patronage.

Inventor Pardue

I suspect someone posted the link somewhere which attracted a troll.

Howard Simons

:( Some people's kids...

Kaylee Kerin

Unfortunately when one opens themselves up to the world, it always brings out those "with issues" who are full of hate and intolerance. We must dismiss and ignore the comments from those sad individuals.

Michelle Stoetzel

I think you can see the video title though

It's also possible someone shared the video since it's kinda a big horrible deal, and then assholes found it. I really want to believe there's not people willing to *pay money* just to obsessively find ways to get SICK BURNZZZ on fran but I mean, I know the internet, there definitely are.

Shame Boy