☠️ THE COMMENTS SECTION ☠️

[Different]

Guys, people can be mean as shit to one another. The comments section can be the most toxic, disparaging, and disgusting place on the internet. Sure, not everyone is rude. But then you also have to remember that there are tons of trolls, idiots, and bots who are programmed to hurt your feelings. It’s not a very friendly place with rainbows and unicorns all the time. When you post a thread, write a blog, or drop a video on YouTube… then just remember that the larger you grow, the more bullshit you’ll be tolerating from these parasites. The heavy load of these comments is inconceivable.

You’re a moderator, delete the bitter ass comments, sure. They’ll just make another account and come back to bite you in the ass again, just like the parasites they are. They just can’t let it go. They must make it their mission in life to trigger you so that you’ll lose your cool and give them some attention. All these people do is surf the internet starving for toxic arguments and attention.

People generally don’t give a shit about your feelings or anyone else’s. They just find the most hateful, impertinent things to say to you on the internet. Generally, they either want to get an argument started with you, or they’ll unleash some steam on you to make themselves feel better. They’re also envious of your accomplishments when they see you making a killing on YouTube. These people often turn out to be degenerate losers who don’t amount to anything in life. They just lurk around squandering their time picking random, virtual fights with someone.

You may have smart strategies to avoid dealing with these bitter trolls, but sooner or later they’ll always figure out a way to push your buttons. Reading these nasty comments will place you into a depressogenic state of mind. People have literally committed suicide because someone bullied them online with hateful and impertinent comments; it’s a war zone out there! How do you guys deal with trolls, parasites, idiots, and bots?

[Sunlight123]

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.

[Different]

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.

I agree with your perspective on this because not every situation is worth addressing altogether. But then you have your Andrew Tates who are constantly being placed under a magnifying glass for the things that they say. I find it quite interesting how some content creators (specifically OnlyFans) will produce certain content online, and once it gets too cringey and sexual, they’re ready to quit. You literally chose this job and accepted the repercussions of your actions.

But you see, they can’t quit because that’s how they pay their bills which means they’re sort of trapped in that scenario. I bet they wish they could take a break from OF and posting on IG.

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.

So then at that point, you gotta ask yourself “how do I recover from this?” Because if something’s permanent such as a stupid video that made you look like an ass clown, or something idiotic that you said on the internet (where people can see and hear you say it), then you have to come up with a plan to deal with it. People like Brendan Schaub and Adam Sosnick get bullied on the internet a lot. Brendan for saying stupid things plus having awful comedy, and Adam for not being very smart on the PBD podcast.

[Mia]

A quote from the first youtube video I watched 18 years ago:

"This is f***ing worse than reading youtube comments!"

It was true back then, and it's just as true today.

[Camer the Dragon]

Many people aren't worth the time and/or mental energy to try to debate with, lots of people stick to their arguments without considering any other points, debates with these people just end up going in circles and getting nowhere.
A good indicator of how good/nice a community (to you) is how other people respond, e.g. if someone is unnecessarily rude to you and they're agreed with quite a bit more than you (e.g. likes, positive replies to them, etc.) then you may as well not stick around in places/communities like that. There's many places to be, so to stop going to these unwelcome/nasty places is fine and you can focus on going to better places.

In terms of people who are famous, that's something the comes with it really, if you want to be known and talked about well then that's exactly what you're gonna have happen. If you're famous and don't want to be, that can be quite bad luck.

[Different]

A quote from the first youtube video I watched 18 years ago:

"This is f***ing worse than reading youtube comments!"

It was true back then, and it's just as true today.

Other than JV, have you ever had someone that really got up underneath your skin where you just couldn’t tolerate it anymore and started to curse them out?

Many people aren't worth the time and/or mental energy to try to debate with, lots of people stick to their arguments without considering any other points, debates with these people just end up going in circles and getting nowhere.
A good indicator of how good/nice a community (to you) is how other people respond, e.g. if someone is unnecessarily rude to you and they're agreed with quite a bit more than you (e.g. likes, positive replies to them, etc.) then you may as well not stick around in places/communities like that. There's many places to be, so to stop going to these unwelcome/nasty places is fine and you can focus on going to better places.

In terms of people who are famous, that's something the comes with it really, if you want to be known and talked about well then that's exactly what you're gonna have happen. If you're famous and don't want to be, that can be quite bad luck.

Oh yeah, absolutely because by giving those people attention, they’re getting a rise out of you so why even bother squandering your time dealing with them. With this JV audience, it can be mixed depending on who you’re talking to. I’ve learned a lot about that from making threads and talking to you guys, pretty often.

Have you ever had someone push you too far online (other than JV) such as Reddit, Twitter, Facebook or any other platform where you had to push back and curse them out?