The ABC posted this news item today. (click to read) It is the best advice I've heard for all of those people who have been hounded by offensive, abusive, insulting, judgemental and usually anonymous commentors on their blogs. They are like the schoolyard bullies who get their thrill from the response of their victim. No response - no thrill and they go and bug someone else.
People who do this are cowards hiding behind their anonymity. They complain of censorship if they are ignored or deleted, but this is a manipulation because they do not respect other folks' rights to disagree with them. Freedom of speech is valuable, but it is not a licence to be offensive.
Trolling is obviously a growing problem if the some online news media are turning off their comments section.
The writer gives this advice:
"The good old motto is 'don't feed the troll'. Don't acknowledge them, don't give them attention, don't react because that's what they want."
Life continues on...
2 years ago
What great advice. I´m thankful so far I haven´t had any mean comments, but have read blogs that battle with them constantly.
ReplyDeleteI didn´t know what to expect from the title of this post!!