The Troller
Help me understand why people can be so disgustingly ugly to children on social media.
It is bad enough that trollers write very ugly things to other adults.
The troller will look at even the most positive social media post and find something horrible to say. This week I have seen two different social media stories about kids who overcame bullying and are speaking out and making a difference. This is awesome! I remember being bullied as a child because my family was poor and my sneakers were not a popular brand.
Trollers have actually been responding to these amazing children and saying things like “If you don’t eat so much you wouldn’t be fat and you wouldn’t get bullied.” What?!
I am disgusted at people like this for a number of reasons.
The way to deal with a troller is not to comment back at all or only comment with love regardless of how ignorant they are. Trollers feed off of your emotional reactions which increases their desire to keep being trollers/cyberbullies. These sick people actually feel empowered by being ugly and nasty and provoking you to get ugly and nasty in return.
Remember, jerks exist to challenge you. There are doing their job of being jerks and spreading misery.
None of their jerk ways have ever been changed by us pointing out their jerkiness. The only thing that will ever cease a troller's behavior is lack of reaction. Save yourself the frustration and instead of engaging the troller, engage the person posting positive stories and encourage them.
Your job is always to spread love. Don’t let jerks suck you in. Be great, loving, wonderful, and amazing and hopefully we can win some of those jerks back to the right side. But whether they change or not, stay focused on all that is positive and spread it around as much as possible.
It is bad enough that trollers write very ugly things to other adults.
The troller will look at even the most positive social media post and find something horrible to say. This week I have seen two different social media stories about kids who overcame bullying and are speaking out and making a difference. This is awesome! I remember being bullied as a child because my family was poor and my sneakers were not a popular brand.
Trollers have actually been responding to these amazing children and saying things like “If you don’t eat so much you wouldn’t be fat and you wouldn’t get bullied.” What?!
I am disgusted at people like this for a number of reasons.
The way to deal with a troller is not to comment back at all or only comment with love regardless of how ignorant they are. Trollers feed off of your emotional reactions which increases their desire to keep being trollers/cyberbullies. These sick people actually feel empowered by being ugly and nasty and provoking you to get ugly and nasty in return.
Remember, jerks exist to challenge you. There are doing their job of being jerks and spreading misery.
None of their jerk ways have ever been changed by us pointing out their jerkiness. The only thing that will ever cease a troller's behavior is lack of reaction. Save yourself the frustration and instead of engaging the troller, engage the person posting positive stories and encourage them.
Your job is always to spread love. Don’t let jerks suck you in. Be great, loving, wonderful, and amazing and hopefully we can win some of those jerks back to the right side. But whether they change or not, stay focused on all that is positive and spread it around as much as possible.
Well said!!!
ReplyDeleteAs always you find both the issue and the solution. Yea!
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