A Super Simple Witty Profiles Guide to
Handling the People Who Make the Internet Experience
Unpleasant:
When Dealing With
Trolls and Otherwise Ignorant
People:
1. Do not feed the
troll. At all. Do not comment, not even
sarcastically.
Report it, block them, ignore them, move on. Even if
reporting it does nothing and it is never deleted, they will
see from the lack of response that their time could be better
spent doing something productive rather than attempting to
stir up arguments.
2. If they attack you, delete the comment and block them.
It's super simple and super quick! It works wonders too
because once you block them they can not bug you. Wow.
Imagine that.
3. Do not be a troll yourself. Do not purposely say something
just to upset, offend, or otherwise antagonise other users.
You are not funny, cute, or original. You are annoying and
you make the whole Internet experience way less enjoyable for
everyone. Be considerate of other
people.
When Dealing With
People You Do Not Agree With:
1. The simplest,
easiest way to deal with seeing a quote or comment you do not
like is to ignore it. Do not report it or give it a thumbs
down unless what they are saying actually causes a problem;
you cannot try to get someone's comment deleted simply
because it is an opinion you do not agree with. That is
unfair and quite self-centred.
2. If what they are saying that you do not agree with is
horribly misinformed, go on and comment, but try to be nice.
Try to include links to correct information and politely
explain to them that what they are saying is incorrect. Try
to be nice in encouraging them to educate themselves, such as
saying "I'm glad you have such a strong opinion, but
you may want to double-check your facts just to be
certain."
When Dealing With a
Cyberbully:
1. Block, ignore,
report. Continue reporting until action is taken. If no
action is taken, perhaps give Steve a polite, short comment
explaining the situation but please, do not demand that he
deletes their profile. Steve is a busy man and he will take
whatever actions he thinks are needed. If the bullying is
really that bad, you need to talk to an adult.
2. If they continually make new accounts to bully you, as
unfair as it is, you may need to either take a break from the
website until Steve or someone else can do something about
them, or create a new account of your own. As stated before,
if the bullying is bad you need to tell an adult you trust.
It does not have to be a parent; it can be a counselor or a
teacher. Remember, when you talk to a school counselor they
are required to keep whatever you tell them confidential
unless they think you are somehow in immediate
danger.
If we can all
follow these simple, easy steps this website will be a much
more pleasant place. I know I'm guilty of doing the exact
opposite in a lot of these situations, so I say we all make a
conscious effort to try to handle things maturely. Thanks a
bunch. :)
supercalifredge · 1 decade ago
YOUareamazing
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