He does moderate the comments and that's why he's taking time off, because he's fed up with having to delete so many idiotic posts. I understand what you're saying, but you can't police the Internet like real life. Trolls will never go away and they'll never stop trying to get under someone's skin. You can't stop everything, you just have to ignore it and not let it get to you. I agree that words hurt, but words from some low life hiding behind a computer screen??? Yeah, sorry, that's not going to bother or effect my life one bit. I could care less what some troll writes or says to me on the internet.
What if you received a PM from someone saying they knew where you lived and were driving down to kill you. Would you still ignore it? I know I wouldn't. I can ignore most comments, but I'm willing to bet a death threat would give you chills down your spine.
Never said it wouldn't freak me out, but what am I supposed to do? Live scared and let it effect me??? Not a chance, I'm going to go about my day as I always would and he should do the same. You let these people get to you and they win because you're changing for them. I'm not gonna let anything anyone writes to me online, including a death threat, effect my life. Life is short, if you let people get to you, then I feel bad for you.
I didn't say it would stop you living your life but you do agree that a comment made on the internet has effect, that was the basis of my comment. You said in your earlier comment it wouldn't bother you. It wouldn't bother me either if it was just me they were threatening, but if someone wanted my family dead, it would resonate a little more than it should.
You're right. A death threat would freak anybody out, and it would effect me for about 5 seconds, my whole point is, he shouldn't stop writing the blog for a few days because of this. He's giving them the satisfaction of knowing that they're the reason he's taking a break.
Well, when you get a death threat, you can respond to it as you please. The comments he's getting are making the blog less fun for him. He shouldn't keep doing something that isn't fun just to avoid 'letting them win.' That's not rational behavior. It's his life and his time and he can do as he likes with it. Continuing to expose yourself to trolls when you'd rather do something else, THAT is 'letting them win.'
I will say that no matter where you sit on the issue: Threatening someone's life is a very unpersuasive technique to convince those who disagree with you that private citizens should be allowed to possess firearms. That type of behavior is actually one of the best arguments for gun control.
He does moderate the comments and that's why he's taking time off, because he's fed up with having to delete so many idiotic posts. I understand what you're saying, but you can't police the Internet like real life. Trolls will never go away and they'll never stop trying to get under someone's skin. You can't stop everything, you just have to ignore it and not let it get to you. I agree that words hurt, but words from some low life hiding behind a computer screen??? Yeah, sorry, that's not going to bother or effect my life one bit. I could care less what some troll writes or says to me on the internet.
What if you received a PM from someone saying they knew where you lived and were driving down to kill you. Would you still ignore it? I know I wouldn't. I can ignore most comments, but I'm willing to bet a death threat would give you chills down your spine.
Never said it wouldn't freak me out, but what am I supposed to do? Live scared and let it effect me??? Not a chance, I'm going to go about my day as I always would and he should do the same. You let these people get to you and they win because you're changing for them. I'm not gonna let anything anyone writes to me online, including a death threat, effect my life. Life is short, if you let people get to you, then I feel bad for you.
I didn't say it would stop you living your life but you do agree that a comment made on the internet has effect, that was the basis of my comment. You said in your earlier comment it wouldn't bother you. It wouldn't bother me either if it was just me they were threatening, but if someone wanted my family dead, it would resonate a little more than it should.
You're right. A death threat would freak anybody out, and it would effect me for about 5 seconds, my whole point is, he shouldn't stop writing the blog for a few days because of this. He's giving them the satisfaction of knowing that they're the reason he's taking a break.
This is true, he's just giving them the satisfaction, if they know he is vulnerable they will keep trolling until he quits permanent, he shouldn't have risen to it.
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This is true, he's just giving them the satisfaction, if they know he is vulnerable they will keep trolling until he quits permanent, he shouldn't have risen to it.