25th May 2025, 12:57 AM
Avoiding/Ignoring I think is usually the easiest choice.
Avoiding is best if you're a nobody. Ignoring is best if you're a somebody.
You can do things to minimize damage. Most people are aware that the content they produce has a tendency to attract certain audiences. If you make edgy jokes you might attract edgy people, very toxic people. Or if you make ego-based content you're more likely to attract other ego-based bodies who will try to knock you down a peg. If you make content that is conventionally considered 'cringy' you risk getting bullied in conventional spaces. So if you are disgusted by one type of person or sensitive to one particular type of insult there are some steps you can do to stop attracting them.
This isn't surefire, of course, because some things are permanent. And people will post content about you without your consent or knowledge. Or people fabricate things. So you might never stop attracting the wrong type of people.
But at least you can always turn the internet off. Or make a new identity, as flimsy as those can be.
So there is an escape for 99% of people.
It's just a matter of: Is Making Content+Being Bullied better or worse than Not Making Content+Not Being Bullied.
If it's too much then just gotta take a break.
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But uhh there is kind of like 1% of people who are permanently screwed.
In real life that's just called severe abuse/bullying. In internet terms that's called Lolcowism. If some sick funk master labels you a lolcow and enough people agree, then you're kind of screwed. Not only are you going to receive toxic comments 24/7, you're also going to be stalked and manipulated for the rest of your life. Basically what happened to Terry Davis before he died and what is probably going to happen to "Chris Chan" for the rest of his/her life.
Avoiding is best if you're a nobody. Ignoring is best if you're a somebody.
You can do things to minimize damage. Most people are aware that the content they produce has a tendency to attract certain audiences. If you make edgy jokes you might attract edgy people, very toxic people. Or if you make ego-based content you're more likely to attract other ego-based bodies who will try to knock you down a peg. If you make content that is conventionally considered 'cringy' you risk getting bullied in conventional spaces. So if you are disgusted by one type of person or sensitive to one particular type of insult there are some steps you can do to stop attracting them.
This isn't surefire, of course, because some things are permanent. And people will post content about you without your consent or knowledge. Or people fabricate things. So you might never stop attracting the wrong type of people.
But at least you can always turn the internet off. Or make a new identity, as flimsy as those can be.
So there is an escape for 99% of people.
It's just a matter of: Is Making Content+Being Bullied better or worse than Not Making Content+Not Being Bullied.
If it's too much then just gotta take a break.
---
But uhh there is kind of like 1% of people who are permanently screwed.
In real life that's just called severe abuse/bullying. In internet terms that's called Lolcowism. If some sick funk master labels you a lolcow and enough people agree, then you're kind of screwed. Not only are you going to receive toxic comments 24/7, you're also going to be stalked and manipulated for the rest of your life. Basically what happened to Terry Davis before he died and what is probably going to happen to "Chris Chan" for the rest of his/her life.
