Friday, December 8, 2017

Unfortunate Events of Trolling

In my point of view, trolling is hurtful, stupid, and immature.  It sad to see that there are actual people out there that would take the time out of their day to just harass people for no reason.  If I found myself in the situation where someone was trolling me, of course I'll be sad about it, but at the same time, it's not worth the energy and time of moping around about it.  I say that people should ignore it because obviously you are better that, and I know that it's such a cliche thing to say, but it's true.  Also, I don't think anyone can fix online trolling, which is also another sad thing because trolling is everywhere and it's hard to keep up with it.  After reading Lindy West's story, It just saddens me that there are actual people out there that would say these horrible names to her.  But, the most painful part about reading her story was the story about how people used her deceased father to make a fake twitter account and used it to say all these awful things about her.  I hope none of you ever go through this because it is truly heart breaking.  What I also liked was the fact that she fought back, not many people do that because they think that if by talking back to them, that they would give in and show themselves at their most vulnerable state, but that wasn't the case for Lindy.  I think what's also scary about all of this is that you don't know who is may be.  What would you do if you were being trolled? Fight back or stay quiet?

1 comment:

  1. I love your input Melanie, I agree with you completely it is sad to hear the tragic attacks and just like you I would like to see the onslaught of hatred to end on the internet. Personally, I believe the best option in regarding how to handle a troll is staying quiet. Trolls are just like class clowns they fed of a response, so if you don't acknowledge them and engage in a conversation they won't continue the harassment. Sadly since the internet has allowed us to do these attacks as anonymous users which gives us the confront to say what we would like however it sad to see us as a society be accustomed to this form of bullying. -Bryan Tovar

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