Okay, this is something I've been wanting to discuss for a while. Not really internet harassment but having your entire day ruined because of something some stranger or pseudo-stranger said on the Internet. A good example would be Psyburn, who would get all worked up everyday because someone on IRC said something about Robert Rodriguez or Samuel L. Jackson or something and he would say how "his day is now ruined" and he wouldn't want to talk to anyone. I don't mean to single out Psyburn, as there are numerous others  I know who are like this, but he is the best example I can think of and one that everybody knows.

How many of you feel anything remotely to that on the Internet? I don't feel like that at all on the Internet. Is this weird or can I just handle criticism or something else or what?

I don't know if I came across well explaining this, but I want to know your thoughts on this hyper-sensitivity on the Internet. I mean, I don't think it is healthy to let yourself trip off on everything because a lot of people say shit.

Some times I do get all worked up over how completely wrong some people can be when discussing topics like religion, economics and politics.

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Some times I do get all worked up over how completely wrong some people can be when discussing topics like religion, economics and politics.

Yeah, I don't see how anyone can not get worked up over stuff like this, if you're talking to someone with totally skewed political views or a Neo-Nazi or something. And people do invest a lot in certain debates and arguments (essay-posts...) and that can affect it too, so that can count for something too.

I don't know if I have been eBullied but it does sound annoying but I don't think I will get all depressed over it. I mean, what will they actually say to hit you hard other than from the "You're a fag/suck cock" stencil?

Some times I do get all worked up over how completely wrong some people can be when discussing topics like religion, economics and politics.

you can't be wrong about subjective things OMFG YOU'RE PISSING ME THE FUCK OFF!!

i get picked on every day on irc


but i dont care

As most of you guys all know very well, I used to be a pretty damn big crybaby over what was said to me online, here, IRC, wherever. But over time I got over it and I'm really not bothered by anything I hear anymore.

But I can understand why some people do and even I do at times; even if it's over the internet, the usernames and such we're bantering with are still people, even if it's behind a screen, so getting worked up over what a person said to your face and getting worked up over what a person said 1,000 miles away on your monitor is understandably fundamentally the same for a lot of people.

No, I don't really let stuff that happen here affect me in my real life. However, it's quite different to say the least. In real life my voice is heard and when I ask questions or say something I usually get some sort of feedback or response. People usually come to me seeking help, telling jokes, come to me with some serious conversations, etc. I like that, I'm involved and I feel some sort of connection... Perhaps it's a female thing.

I'm not involved in many internet communities aside from gamingw. Actually when I think about it, gamingw and two other places are the only internet communities (excluding facebook, msn, etc) I go to. I've been unregistered here for a long time and I only started posting here because I found myself spriting and story writing with my free time more often (most in which I don't post).

I don't post often but when I do post I usually like to hear some sort of reply. If I happen to read something or someone asks for an opinion, I will reply. I thought that was the purpose of forums. I actually just deleted my last post from G&D because I knew I was wasting my time - I wasn't angry or anything but people read but didn't post (just millions of guests).

I realised that the internet is much different then real life. I find it hard to personify text, it's hard to post my personality on gamingw if you know what I'm talking about. I guess I'm just having trouble finding my place here. No slit wrists, just me ranting ​.

I tried irc but there's a lot of idlers and few people actually chatting.

I've gotta say, I think getting worked up over internet stuff is really stupid but it sorta boggles my mind and frustrates me when I see some of the absolutely moronic people on the internet.

I'm trying to just find it funny rather than annoying nowadays. I guess I just don't have a lot of tolerance for people who are really really dumb but feel the need to tell everyone their idiotic ideas and opinions. Nowadays I realise a bit more that a lot of people just say what they want because they can get away with it on the net. Nevertheless it worries me sometimes (not so much nowadays but occasionally!) to see how incredibly stupid some people are. I'm not just saying they have the wrong ideas or whatever but I'm talking about basic English and basic conversational skills mainly. If someone has the wrong idea but they at least convey it well it's totally cool with me. I'm probably like others in that I don't totally realise it's not like real life and I'm not always talking to intelligent people and blah blah. The stupid thing is I sometimes would get worked up over people getting worked up about internet stuff and that is really dumb! But yeah, hanging out on IMDB and YouTube and pretty much any big forum has made me a lot more understanding in the past year or so.

Also people thinking they're really funny when they're not is annoying.

But if I'm in an argument or whatever I don't take it seriously at all and I don't really care what people say unless it's like what I mentioned before (but I usually don't bother arguing with people who can't even type full words). I guess with stuff like putting your music up for criticism I've been shot down a heap of times and it doesn't really bother me at all.

On the other hand I do feel nice helping out people on the net and accomplishing something (like doing a soundtrack song or finishing a collaboration or getting somewhere in a group project) but I get the feeling this is just because it's normal!

It happens to me from time to time. But it's usually something that happens in the real world that affects my online persona, or how I deal with situations / comments.
The only online encounters that really affected me, was anything to do with Legion. I still carry around that annoyed hatred. Nowadays, since the cunt scum left GW, I've put the whole Legion thing on a funny-retrospectively platter.

The only thing that bugs me over the internet is how people take the whole "My console is better then yours" so fucken seriously. OMG THIS GAMES SMUDGED WALL LOOKS BETTER ON THIS CONSOLE THEN THAT ONES!! I mean who gives a shit.

As for the whole e-bullying shit.. I honestly wouldn't care unless someone got racist with me or dissed my cultural background to win an argument.

Yeah I get riled up over internet stuff. It's just how i roll.

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dont link xkcd in your posts guys. thats dumb and stupid.

What I cannot stand is that sometimes I happen to stumble upon a community that shows promising at first, but when I actually join in and try to have a conversation, I see a bunch of people trying to be elitist(and failing miserably), insulting me with internet stuff for no reason, and the sad thing is, they do it because they find that when I actually use punctuation and capital letters when appropriate I am actually threatening them, or something. Way to be thirteen.

EDIT: A good example of an irc channel like this would be irc://irc.whahay.net/mkwii

Another thing that I think is MIND BLOWING is that when you actually want to talk with someone on the internet about something personal that has been bothering you, you get pretty much a whole mob of people trying to lynch you for being "emo on the interwebz", because the internet is serious business! A friend of mine got killed yesterday and I was talking with Psyburn about it and how his life really isn't as miserable as he makes it sound and he was like "ARE U MAKINS THIINGS UP???". No offense to Psyburn, but that's pretty much what everyone will tell you over the internet.
 I think the problem with "internet people" is that they haven't yet learned how to act and talk on the internet as if it was talking to some friends in real life or on the phone. Perhaps they do though, which is a really scary thought.

EDIT2: I've had a kid wanting to commit suicide in a channel I was an operator in, I took it seriously even though he probably was lying and he ended up sticking to the channel pestering us about how miserable his life is and how he can't stand it and all that jazz, and seriously, I can't just tell him to bugger off and go fuck himself. I try to sympathize with him and tell him it's okay and that his life goes on and so on, because I wouldn't want someone to die due to me being an elitist bastard over serious internet business.

You guys should check out #guiltforge, it's like a zoo; You can watch different sorts of examples of hyper-sensitivity there.

As for myself - No, I don't really mind if someone makes fun of me or tries to make my day a pain. Sure, I could probably get a bit worked up but as soon as I close irc or a forum it goes away in a second. The internet is the only place you could get away with pretty much anything and that's the way I use it.