Comments | kimuro: Rant - dogs, fleas, and ticks of fandom

kimuro

Rant - dogs, fleas, and ticks of fandom

Sep 18, 2006 07:58

I don't know who T......M..... is or what kind of fan-author s/he might be, but judging from the friends/ fans this person has, I'm just as glad to not have the acquaintance of them. There's an old saying I have heard, "Lie down with dogs, rise up with fleas" and that ... doesn't really do justice to this situation. ( Read more... )

indignation, rant, anger

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salveo_opes September 18 2006, 12:22:20 UTC

Trolls suck.

RE: I know this isn't really the place to say this... wolfsbaine September 18 2006, 14:24:38 UTC

But I love your icon...

Re: I know this isn't really the place to say this... kimuro September 18 2006, 15:33:38 UTC

it is cute, isn't it. :-)

Re: I know this isn't really the place to say this... salveo_opes September 18 2006, 15:50:38 UTC

Oh--thanks. *g*

It's Dean and Sam from Supernatural pretending to be flamingos that were pretending to be Alan Shore and Denny Crane from Boston Legal pretending to be flamingos for Halloween last year. *g*

I like yours, too!

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celisnebula September 18 2006, 13:41:53 UTC

*sighs*

That sucks! Hopefully your friend realizes she's well shed of those sort, and will go on without them.

kimuro September 18 2006, 15:38:11 UTC

unfortunately, she isn't. They are inundating her live-journal with maximum posts saying over and over again "THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN AGGRESSIVE STUPIDITY." (sorry for the caps - that is cut and pasted from an e-mail I got this morning). Like a child forced to write sentences in grade school except - this trained monkey doesn't even realize the irony of what it's writing AND it's doing it anonymously - the cowardly jerk-wad. Plus, the friend in question is only 15 and already suffering from depression and low self-esteem.

celisnebula September 18 2006, 16:55:00 UTC

Oh how awful!

Can she make her journal anonymous banned? At least until the harassment is over? Plus, have her keep all emails and correspondence with the harassment to report them. It may not make her feel tons better, but it might stop these horrible people from doing it to someone else.

selkiechick September 18 2006, 14:06:48 UTC

also- the "friends" of the troll could (and may) very well be the same troll, posting under multiple names (called sockpuppetry).

RE: wolfsbaine September 18 2006, 14:21:29 UTC

I really hate this sort of thing and you can be sure they never read the post as it is written, they just read what they think is there and then set about basically bullying people.

If the threats are physical and inciting people to harm your friend, then you really need to report this to Livejournal so they can take action against those posting threats.

But if its just verbal it is best ignored or if they are really pissing you off, call in the troops yourself and get some help, sometimes a united front helps, sometimes it doesn't.

What gets me is they are the sort of people who claim they aren’t bullies, they are peaceful, look at all the other bad people in the world, while failing to notice that they are in truth just nasty little buggers. Tapping the claret would be a satisfying option at times.

kimuro September 18 2006, 15:43:28 UTC

what really worries me is that this girl is already a bit fragile emotionally - she's 15 and that's a really challenging time anyway plus she's ... a person I typify as "one of us" - intelligent, sensitive, introverted, shy, unsure and out of step with the rest of society. If they drive her to do something extreme ... I would pray nine times nine that they would reap the results of their karma in this life and the next - regardless of the damage it would do to my own soul.

"tapping the claret"? Is that like a snifter of cognac?

londonbard September 18 2006, 18:58:02 UTC

I rather think that "tapping the claret" is a Regency phrase meaning to give someone a nose-bleed with one's fist. (That troll makes my own adrenaline glands itch - I want to start by calling it a congenical psychopathic inferior and go on from there... )

RE: wolfsbaine September 20 2006, 22:59:01 UTC

a person I typify as "one of us" - intelligent, sensitive, introverted, shy, unsure and out of step with the rest of society. Its like they can sense it even through the barrier of not being in the same physical sphere as the person they are picking on ( ... )

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