On people needing to take their negative comments down a notch on the Internet.
These days, I spend a lot of time on the Internet. I suppose that I can blame this on having a newborn, but the truth is that scrolling social media pages is really the only way I can stay in touch with what’s going on in the world these days—turns out that the Globe and Mail doesn’t deliver to my door, which is irritating, but better for the environment (you know, less paper and all). Of course, the World Wide Web is open to everyone—meaning that both the lovely and horrible invade the same space. Which brings me to something called trolling.
Trolling, as it turns out, has nothing to do with those jovial treasure trolls that I used to collect as a tween. It actually has a lot more in common with those gruesome creatures that are said to dwell under bridges. According to the urbandictionary.com, trolling means “Typically unleashing one or more cynical or sarcastic remarks on an innocent bystander, because it’s the Internet and, hey, you can.” Basically, it’s being a bully online, without having to answer for your poor disposition. And it’s disgusting. From commenting on something as significant as breastfeeding to the dress that a particular celebrity is wearing, trolls are the people that say terrible, uninformed things online, their words out there for everybody to see. Gross, right?
Unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do about it. You can report the comment, or just refrain from reading them, but there will always be a continuous spewing of negativity coming from people worldwide, sitting at their computers waiting to pounce. All I have to say to that is, what’s the point, trolls? Isn’t there enough negativity in the world without having to go postal on what you think about the origins of the colour blue? And yes, you’d better believe that there’s someone out there who has something negative to write about that.
