Monday, December 12, 2016
My personal experience with a changed troll.
While reading the article by Lindy West in class the other day it brought memories from a time where I was being trolled online by some anonymous users. It was the start of my freshman year and I had a lot of issues going on at the time. I don't know what I did to trigger someone to begin trolling me online (I certainly didn't fill out an application) everywhere I posted something the comments blew up with negative comments by some unknown user. I tried to use all the tactics Ignore it, block it, go off social media for a while but it's extremely hard when they continue to search for ways to hurt you. I admit I did have a breakdown in class because when this certain troll passed the line bringing up my dad which was taken from me when I was in 7th grade and my grandma which passed while the trolling was occurring. Little did I know I had the anonymous user in class because apparently he saw me and apologized the same day. The apology wasn't great but it still meant a lot coming from the person who started it all. Who knows maybe trolls don't know or don't realize That they are playing with the emotions of a human being when they do what they do. When they see the pain they cause they open their eyes to reality a little to late.
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This was interesting especially when he apologized to you for knowing he did wrong, But My experience with online trolling was in a way bad, it started with me having and girlfriend at the beginning of my junior year. I had no business with anyone else but her but I was accused of cheating with my girlfriend, which I would never do. He went on with the his for several days and somehow ended up hacking my account putting immature things out on it. I'm still not sure how he got ahold of my account but I learned my lesson and I ended up making a new account and blocking him. That's how simple it was to get rid of someone that was trolling you. I learned that most things on social media you shouldn't take as serious. Also I still to this day don't know who did it. :/
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