Slammers can only hurt you with their denouncements if you believe those denouncements to be credible. The next time a Slammer entertains you with some vicious story about someone else, know that you are their next vicious story. The Slam Club spares no one their criticisms. Friend and foe alike are sliced and diced like so many human onions. No, oddly enough, they are not your friends.
Slammers perceive others as competitors.
And that includes you. It is not personal. My experience is that Slammers do not say what they mean or mean what they say. Plainly, it is easier to complain about your life than it is to upgrade your life. It is easier to watch soap operas than to write the great American novel.