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Ljink96 said:
AlfredoTurkey said:

The vast, vast... vast majority of people don't want this and/or don't care. In journalism courses, they teach each student to sensationalize stories to maximize views and hits. This is a good example of that. In the real world, almost every person walking around doesn't care or even think about this stuff but stick it into their brains and you've got a hot button topic which will incite and provoke people of all walks of life into a reaction. When you do that... cha-ching... ad revenue.

Yeah, I understand that much. But I hate it when people go ape sh*t when you don't agree with them. Most of my recent comments have a postitive and negative side to protect me from being warned or banned.

I totally agree and I have no answer as to why people are like that online. My guess is some sort of insecurity issues. They go about their normal lives in the "real world", taking crap from everyone, too cowardly to say anything to anyones face and then go online at the end of the day to exact their revenge of sorts. Online, they can hide and "be the bully" instead of being bullied in the real world. It's a chance for them to make themselves feel big in a world where they feel small in.

Those of us who are more secure can't relate and it gets frustrating to deal with. My advice would be to just let it roll off your back as much as possible. Understand that these people are troubled and/or suffering from some kind of issue in the real world and just move on to something else. There's rational thought online, believe me. It's just harder to find lol.