Sigma
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Post by Sigma on Sept 20, 2016 20:56:41 GMT -5
Hello! I was on recently perusing the good old world of Twitter and came across some toxic people. (Who would've guessed?)
But what made me really sad, is that it was someone who claimed to be a Senran Kagura fan. (Not naming names) It's annoying to deal with people like this, but I spend so much time on the internet it's hard to avoid. Not to mention all the things people like this give a bad reputation. (i.e. Undertale, Steven Universe, etc.)
So, I was wondering, how do you guys deal with internet toxicity? Different people have different methods, so what do you guys do? I figure since this is a problem most internauts share, it would be beneficial to people, especially ones new to the community.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 21:31:37 GMT -5
Hello! I was on recently perusing the good old world of Twitter and came across some toxic people. (Who would've guessed?) But what made me really sad, is that it was someone who claimed to be a Senran Kagura fan. (Not naming names) It's annoying to deal with people like this, but I spend so much time on the internet it's hard to avoid. Not to mention all the things people like this give a bad reputation. (i.e. Undertale, Steven Universe, etc.) So, I was wondering, how do you guys deal with internet toxicity? Different people have different methods, so what do you guys do? I figure since this is a problem most internauts share, it would be beneficial to people, especially ones new to the community. 1. The most common rule of the bunch: just stick to yourself with positive fans. The negative ones will alienate others and very likely sour opinions. In some cases for very toxic fanbases, it's probably for the best to stay out entirely. Don't intervene unless if you have a solid reason to. 2. If you are involved with such a toxic internet situation or person, you'll need to stand your guard, and fight potential dishonesty, misinformation and ignorance. Be persistent, give rigorous, but polite answers. Don't insult or attack, that'll make things worse. If nothing works, get the hell outta dodge. If it does, give yourself a pat on the back. |
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Post by Sinister-Oni on Sept 21, 2016 14:41:12 GMT -5
Well if a entire fandom is so toxic, too the point that they have became a lost cause. Then you might want to stay away from them as far as possible. Because you will most likely have the thing you used to like be completely ruined by the toxic fandom. ( This has happened to me with a certain fanbase that I will NEVER forgive or will ever enjoy the things I used to enjoy because of them. )
But the things Dilbert have said are pretty good points on how to handle them.
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Post by HikageIsBestGirl on Sept 21, 2016 21:44:13 GMT -5
i usually just stay away from people like that just to avoid these types of problems.
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Post by Trig on Sept 25, 2016 0:03:41 GMT -5
All fandoms are autism incarnate, block the fuck out of them
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2016 16:26:21 GMT -5
I usually try to slowly distance myself if a fandom is toxic, I've been in a few that were very toxic, and I just slowly faded away from them, then no feelings are hurt.
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Post by graydient on Nov 11, 2016 11:36:01 GMT -5
Hopefully I'm not too late to the party, but this is a fun topic.
This is a little bit of a different approach, but one thing to remember is that there's always a person on the other side of the toxicity. Even if a person is being a right asshole about something, I usually try to think that there's a reason to it. It's possible they've just had a shitty day, maybe they're struggling with some mental hurdles, or maybe they're just not very good at putting their thoughts into words. I have come across a few instances where a toxic person didn't even realize they were being toxic. Sometimes a person does have a legitimate criticism, concern, etc. but they're just not eloquent enough to say it without (possibly unintentionally) offending others. So for me, it does help to realize that there is always a second side to things-- granted, yeah, on occasion there is just a genuinely toxic person.
In those cases, I normally deal with them in a couple ways. One is to offset it with humor. A lot of the time you can play off toxicity with offhanded remarks or sarcasm. The thing to remember about toxicity is that it's usually overblown. In a lot of cases it's remarks made that are fueled by emotion. As such, it's usually important not to take any of it seriously.
The other main way I deal with this stuff is to just flat out ignore it. Particularly if it's directed at yourself, it's pretty easy to just ignore or block a person. If they really are being toxic, sometimes responding to them legitimizes what they're saying and just fuels them even more. It's important to remember that pretty much everything that has a fandom doesn't actually matter. Games, movies, books, comics, etc. as much as we all like them, arguing the finer points of them is pretty inconsequential and doesn't matter at the end of the day. So I usually use the logic that since these things don't actually matter, it's not worth getting annoyed by toxic people.
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Post by Arbiter on May 2, 2017 16:02:09 GMT -5
I ignore them myself, I like what I like and they like what they like, no sense in getting into an argument for not liking the same things, it is quite nice to come across positive minded people who may like the same things and you can have a nice conversation, but there are some people who are just trolls and want to start arguments and heated debates for no reason at all
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Post by augen on May 3, 2017 9:39:20 GMT -5
Take a step away. From experience engaging or arguing just leads to frustration and anger. I enjoy things, I have complaints about aspects of them, but in the grand scheme I'm not going to ruin my day, week, or life about any interest or fan base.
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