Acadia opened this issue on Apr 09, 2006 ยท 84 posts
Acadia posted Sun, 09 April 2006 at 7:44 AM
There is all that stuff about "sticks and stones..." too. From the various age threads, I'm assuming we're all adults here. When I go to a forum I take along my own personal ignore button with me. If I see someone acting like a twit and trolling me, usually I just tune them out. Sometimes I bite and give them a run for their money and leave them curled on the floor in a fetal position sucking their thumb, but for the most part I just ignore them. It's not that difficult. Heck, a couple weeks ago someone in the poser forum called me a "Whore" when I disagreed with them. Did I cry and run to a moderator, no. This isn't Kindergarten School and my Mommy doesn't work or post here :) Instead I just shook my head, wondered about the mentality of the person and moved on. It's become an inside joke now between me and a few fellow members. There is no need to punish the rest of us because some can't control their impulses, and others can't just ignore the trolls. I live by the motto that you can't change what people say or how they act, but you can certainly change how you react to it all. That's why I'm at a total loss when I see people getting all bent out of shape over what people say to them on a discussion forum. I just don't get it.
"It is good to see ourselves as
others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we
are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not
angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to
say." - Ghandi