If 10 people on the internet tell you they want to kill you, how do you tell if 1 of them is serious and is actually going to show up physically? The answer is

If 10 people on the internet tell you they want to kill you, how do you tell if 1 of them is serious and is actually going to show up physically? The answer is that you can't, and there isn't a firm line where all trolling is on one side and harassing/violent behaviour is something different. Many of us can heuristically decide that trollish behaviour aimed at us won't extend to our person/home/workplace, and doesn't need to be taken seriously. That doesn't mean it's a rule for everyone or an excuse for that behaviour.