User blog comment:ForestFairy/How to Take the Fun Out of Trolling/@comment-5568834-20150605153824/@comment-3219540-20150606023431

More or less, I'd say the only way to avoid this kind of attack is to distance your (relatively) anonymous Internet profiles from your "real" self or other sites' profiles. Don't link to Facebook, don't use your real name or personal information anywhere if possible, don't even mention one site's profile information (ie. nickname, email address, personal website, working profile etc.) publicly on another site.

These connections are like breadcrumb trails to those kinds of bullies. The less connections made between profiles, the less able they're able to follow you whereever you decide to go online.

Use strong passwords, preferably passphrases, so you don't make it easy for bullies to break into your profiles and get the rest of the information they want to make these connections themselves.