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Dustee -> RE: Who needs manners when we're all strangers... right? (4/18/2006 7:20:01 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Proprietrix
What I do mind is when people make a point to be insensitive, rude, demeaning and sarcastic, for the sake of absolutely nothing. Posts like "If I had a dime for every time a whiner posts, I'd be a rich man" in response to someone who starts a thread about how things didn't work out with his Mistress.
That kind of nonsense assists no one constructively. It simply cries of "I didn't listen to a word you said, or care even slightly about this thread, nor do I have anything positive to offer, but I need people to see my name, so I'll post a rude, sarcastic, irrelavent comment."
What I do mixielicious, is when I see the same person consistently adding NOTHING to the topic at hand, and ONLY posting for the purpose of getting people riled, I block them. And, although it gets me verbally blasted at times, I do try to stand up for the person whom I feel they were rude to.
There are some people who annoy me, and might even piss me off, but as long as they're offering something of substance, (whether it meshes with my personal views or not), I don't block them, because I could potentially learn something from them.
So far that has worked for me. It's made this whole internet experience a bit more bearable. And either way, I'm sure not losing any sleep at night.
I agree strongly with the above and do much of the same.
What you've observed, Mix, is something that I've seen on every message board I've ever participated on (been doing this for two decades now). It's SOP (standard operating procedure) for online communications. A lot of adults are actually children inside and, when there is nothing outside themselves to inhibit their behavior, as there often is in real life, they will act like children at the least provocation. It is also SOP on all message boards for stupid and irresponsibly hostile behavior to be justified whenever someone critiques it with various "ruff-n-tuff" sounding phrases like, "it's only a cyber board" or "it's a tough world, get used to it." It's a weak justification, obviously, but you're not going to change these people, nothing you can say will help them to grow up, so the best solution is, as Proprietrix pointed out, is often to put these individuals on ignore and don't lose any sleep over it.
If you don't want to invite the circus clowns into your personal life, you can always try asking your questions privately to those individuals who responses you consistently learn things from and whose minds you've grown to respect.
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