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Fourth, do not hesitate to weed out a hopeless case. If a user is informed their behaviour is wrong, is given the chance to reform, and fails to do so over and over, let them know they are no longer welcome. No one likes banning a user, but if the choice is between one hopeless help vampire and your entire community, the choice should be obvious.
## Oh know, I'm the vampire, what do I do?
## Oh no, I'm the vampire, what do I do?
If you're reading this, and think you might be a help vampire (especially if someone sent you a link to this post), the first thing to do is stop what you're doing, be it spamming, being belligerent, demanding special attention, or otherwise feeling entitled. You are not special or entitled. No one owes you anything. The people you are interacting with want to help you, but if you make that impossible, you are more likely to get cold shoulders than the praise and thoughtless walkthroughs you seek.