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Interne Rudeness
By OnTopic | July 12, 2010
There are so many ways for people to say what is on their mind when it comes to the Internet. You can visit YouTube to showcase a talent through a shared video, post pictures in a multitude of places, visit a forum to post an opinion, or share private details on a blog.
People show their not so angelic side when it comes to sharing things about themselves. Many behave differently than they would if they were speaking to someone in person, and become a bit more rude.
A common term you’ll run into online is “troll”. It’s Internet slang for someone who posts controversial or defamatory messages in hopes of inciting anger and emotion-driven responses. These are people that thrive off of upsetting others.
No one knows why it is done because those that do it aren’t likely to admit it. These “trolls” work hard to remain unknown in the vast sea that is the internet.
Sites such as YouTube leave users feeling a bit different than those posting in just text based places. With YouTube, the user is more exposed to the public as they’re actually showing themselves on camera. A trolls rudeness is then targeted at the appearance of the user as well as whatever information is in the video. It doesn’t need to just be mean and hurtful comments coming from the trolls either. Other comments will be vulgar in nature.
Whether it’s to blow off steam or venting frustration or just misdirected anger, Internet trolls are everywhere. People often think that the Internet is a giant playground for them where they can shroud them self in secrecy and no one will know who or where they are. You can end up getting hurt if this is how you view the Internet.
Even though you think no one can find you on the Internet, there are easy tools online that can do just that. Sites such as ip-detective.info allow users to plug in an IP address and locate it on a map. You can map someone’s location based on a sequence of numbers, proving that it isn’t difficult to do. You never know who you encounter online and what kind of mental state they’re in. You also don’t know what will be their breaking point.
If you’re a victim of a trolls’ remarks, report them to someone in charge of the site you’re using. Websites, on the whole, are anxious to put an end to these destructive postings and will take steps to remove them, and disable their accounts. rudeness doesn’t need to become an online norm. A good rule is that if you wouldn’t say it to a person’s face, you shouldn’t be posting it online.
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