Posted by SLS on January 9, 2013, at 13:07:17
In reply to Abuse of posters, posted by hyperfocus on January 9, 2013, at 12:11:26
Thank you for taking the time to write such an eloquent and, in my mind, accurate portrayal of abuse on Psycho-Babble. I would never have realized that this was abuse had you not posted anything.
You are right about the inadvertent encouragement of abuse by paying attention to the abuser and attempting to engage in behaviors to confront him. Yes, I do believe that some people amuse themselves by upsetting the proceedings of an Internet forum and injuring a community. It angers me when I see others - including myself - participate in the disruption. I feel duped, and the abuser gets what he wants - a sense of significance.
For whatever reason, I seem to be unhurt by most of what I would call abuse and ill-will. However, I tend to confront abuse when I think I see that it is hurting others. Perhaps this is a bad habit of mine. Nobody has yet asked me to rescue them. It is frustrating, though, to sit back and do nothing. I guess I feel that this would be an abdication of social responsibility, even though I understand that confrontation of the abuser often "feeds the troll".
I'll need to think about this stuff some more.
I am so glad that you found a way to confront the abuse without confronting the abusers. I would never have been able to do this as well as you have. Again, thank you.
Gosh, you write well!
By the way, you make a good role-model.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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