“Mother of all rows\u201d\u009d, the headlines trilled, but parenting website Babyology’s very public slapdown of overzealous trolls earlier this week sent out a clear message. Shut up or back off.<\/p>\n
Here’s a recap: trolls targeted the site’s popular Facebook page with tirades of abuse, taking offence at anything and everything – from posts regarding children’s parties, to having siblings too close together, to being unable to breastfeed. (Where is the milk of human kindness when you really need it?)<\/p>\n
The site’s moderators had long been used to filtering such vitriol. In the past their policy was to simply hide offensive posts from their 115,000+ followers and deny the “poster” a ready audience.<\/p>\n
But everyone has their tipping point. That moment came for a Babyology staff member who was left \u201cin tears\u201d\u009d after being attacked over the way she had decorated her son’s nursery.<\/p>\n