How to deal with trolls? Mental health & wellness corner.
in Psychology & Therapy ·
Ryan Wood98 said:Last night, I felt this sudden, intense urge to go trolling in the comments section of a news site where I happen to work.
Since I am technically an employee there, I decided to exercise some restraint, avoided the baiting, and just went to bed.
I woke up this morning with a fever north of 100 degrees.
I suppose one might wonder... is this perhaps some kind of withdrawal symptom?
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A parafraza of a conversation from my college days: "Why wouldn't everyone love gossiping? I love it. End of story." I love trolling. Unfortunately, I don't do it enough. I get stopped by the thought of all the inevitable, moronic (oops, sorry) replies that follow. Life is just too short to deal with that level of stupidity.
I dig this part: "Similarly, a post can technically be considered trolling by certain definitions, when it's actually just an outlet for someone's creativity. But let's say the rare ones who can maintain a reputation as a quality troll—or at least a tolerable one—usually have good intentions aside from being smart and literate. Their contribution to the topic (keeping things lively or provoking high-quality responses) outweighs the damage (like someone getting accidentally offended by a harmless joke)." Aren't trolls basically revolutionaries then? As far as I know, history moves forward precisely because someone refused to think like everyone else (and actually did something about it). Okay, fine, there have been bad versions, but overall...