When we first started talking about trolls it made me think of the memes that are all over the internet. My friends and I think of trolls as of messing with one another and pissing each other off. I will admit that I have trolled before on the internet, but I choose to do it to the people I know and they won't take offense to it. I also have not made any fake accounts to troll any of my friends or anyone. Me hearing the story about Zelda Williams is just cruel and disgusting because the trolls just think everything is a joke, but its really not because ruining someones life isn't funny at all. Life shouldn't be taking as a joke, I guess its just one of those things that many of us take for granite. Those trollers might of thought it was funny, but was it all worth it for them to take a human life? Trollers like these should be punished without a doubt due to them hurting someones feelings bad enough that the person killed themselves.I believe that trollers main intention is to get you mad and to get your attention.Once they get your attention and you respond to one of their post then they will have full control of you just ignore it. The main way to bypass them is to ignore everything they say because once they see that you don't care then it ruins their fun to them and they will most likely stop. Trying to remove all the trollers accounts will take forever to remove, but by ignoring them and showing them no attention I believe will stop them.
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Hey Tony,
ReplyDeleteI agree that ignoring or showing now attention to trolls is one of the best ways to deal with trolls. By responding to what they say, you show them that what they're doing is effective to you and thus you basically set them on the path to ruining your life for their own entertainment or satisfaction. And yes, punishing all of them is probably tricky with so much anonymity the internet provides, but I think social media apps and other websites that allow trolls to attack others will find a way to make communities a little more friendly. Until then, avoiding the attention they pay to you seems to be the greatest way to escape the pain they inflict on you and others.
What up Tony,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you on many points. I do believe that trolls are people who feed off of attention and enjoy seeing people upset. I also agree that the best way to stop trolling is to not acknowledge them at all. If you acknowledge them then they can manipulate you and control your life. So I truly agree with your points. Sometimes the only way to fight back is to not fight at all.
I'm not gonna lie, I've been a troll myself, but like you, it is within my group of friends, so the trolling is mutual. I also agree that the best way to deal with trolls is by ignoring them, and not giving them the satisfaction of knowing that they've affected you.
ReplyDeleteI believe that ignoring or showing no attention to trolls is the way to deal with trolls. Because by answering to what they say, will show them that what they're doing is working for you and therefore you basically give them more fuel to ruining your life for their own entertainment or satisfaction. As a social media community, we should ignore the nonsense that the trollers post and we will become immune to it that will we would just past there stupid comment.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the only way to put an end to trolls is to ignore them and to not bring any attention to what they say or do. It won't happen but with time they minimize because they'll always be there but as long as you don't pay attention they'll stop.
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