This is from yesterday’s ‘ Arab News ‘ that some of my iLand friends might find interesting..
Cyber-bullying Turns Into Real Bullying
A ” flame war ” is a term that describes the utterly pointless, self-gratifying arguments among anonymous strangers that are known to appear on Internet forums or blogs that are often characterised by a lot of personal insults. Flame wars are started by ” trolls “, a term for people who scour online forums and blogs looking for people with whom to argue - the topic of argument is rarely as important as the argument itself.
Anyone who spends five minutes reading the comments left on Internet forums and blogs knows that otherwise decent human beings turn into ” flaming trolls ” when given an annonymous identity and endless space to spew their views and insults.
Recently, two Saudis got into a discussion that degraded into an argument and then into a flame war. One of them then turned into a troll and said something very demeaning about the other guy’s mother. The other guy responded by daring the troll to insult him to his face. The troll gave the adversary his home address. Sure enough, the Saudi hunted down his troll and physically assaulted him.
Moral of the story : When you behave like a troll, it’s best to remail hidden.
A joke for the day..
Ramesh irritated everyone in the office. Whether it was his tone of his voice or his condescending attitude, everyone steered clear. He must have suspected he was annoying because he asked his co-worker, ” Why does everyone take an instant dislike to me? “
Rahul responded, ” It saves time. “
A thought for the day..
Why is it that drug addicts and computer aficionados are called ” users ” ?
Posted in Blogs.
By Mathew Antony
– April 5, 2007
They are users even when when they misuse, isn”t it?
Oh yes, one comes across trolls in plenty. Makes one doubt about the essentail goodness of man theory I have always wanted to hold on to. The joke was nice:-) Users..well what else can you call them?
The best solution is avoid being a “TROLL”.
NOW I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS POST - I HATE THE WAY THE THIRD LETTER ON THE FOURTH LINE SLANTS TO THE WEST. I HATE THE COLOUR OF THE BACKGROUND HERE. I HATE THE FONTS HERE. I HATE THE….. (Eeee Doc, my attempt at becoming a troll). Interesting article.
Flaming trolls and cyber bullying nice to know … one day I”d be a troll too and try this out for laughs! What say? yeh users indeed!!!
Don”t GET how one can get into a physical confrontation in cyber space. Like we haven”t enough STRIFE already!……….
The jokes were cute. But the first is taken from an acual anecdote.. It was said by Allan J Lerner (My Fair Lady..) in response to swivel eyed… Andrew Lloyd Weber (the successful half of Rice/ Weber productions). Trust me on trivia from the theatre world…………
As for ”users” , both need HELP. But well put.
phew…….doctor…a variety mix from u……..i wont tell u that i njoyed…..u can sense it from my smile……….cheers…;-))~~GIFT~~
moral of the story is…..bush must flame a saudi and give the address of osama..its simple why bomb iraq???
Good to c u back Doc. after a while….Murali
To see the sort of abuse, please go to any news article on a sensitive issue and you will see the sort of creeps inhabiting cyber space. All excesses are abuse including the addiction you pointed out doc. Thought provoking post.
first one is unbelievable news to me, the joke is funny and addictive tendencies in terms of users:)