I added real-time chat to my blog, and trolls used it to attack me

I added a real-time chat to my blog, people used it to attack me

A developer added a simple, ephemeral chat widget to his blog, expecting nothing from it. But after sharing a controversial article on Hacker News, the chat became a weapon: trolls flooded it with insults, hate speech, spam, and even impersonated him. He describes the attacks, the countermeasures he took, and the lessons learned about real-time moderation and the hostile nature of user input.