Nor does it have lifeguards, or cushions, or airbags, and it is peopled with millions of inhabitants who couldn’t give a rat’s ass about your bruised feelings.
In other words, it’s Darwinian.
But some people haven’t quite grasped that. Case in point:
…and i’m loving the negative feedback on the comments i leave on the blogs of heartless people mocking the death of michael jackson. keep it coming people =]
This comes from a young commenter and fledgling blogger. I’ll not link it directly, lest her internet spanking come much too early in her career.
But I will offer some advice: Don’t bait people this way, young lady. You will almost surely invite far worse than you were prepared for.
There’s a word for what you’re doing. It’s called trolling when someone pollutes another person’s forum with negative and disrespectful comments. And let me tell you, people despise trolls.
And when they retaliate, they’re not going be sensitive to your feelings or to the fact that you’re only eighteen. They’re going to get nasty, and I fear that in your naievete, you have no real concept of what nasty really is.
But you will, if you continue along this path.
So go cue up Thriller on your iPod, surf YouTube for some Michael Jackson videos, and learn to work and play well with your neighbors in this big sandbox we call the blogosphere.
Consider that your free lesson in Netiquette from the Ambulance Driver.
