Oh wait.. you think because I am writing this late on Saturday night that I must be hallucinating or something.
I AM talking about trolls. Internet trolls.
Usually their comments end up in my spam box, but from time to time one or two makes it through.
My favorite are the anonymous ones. Cowards, I should say.
Or how about the ones on Facebook? Well meaning "friends" that love to comment and try to get you angry enough to flip out for sport? Not sure what I mean? Watch this short video:
Does that make better sense?
I even get old school trolls. The ones who send hate mail through snail mail. Yes, it happens. (The ones that send me items at work.)
These troll types can get pretty ugly.. check out this BBC special on it:
Oh to do that to the people who send hate mail, or hate emails, or terrible comments.
So you might be asking yourself, "What about free speech?"
Good question.
In the UK, there are anti-trolling laws. How does that work?
Whatever the case maybe.. I realize you may be thinking to yourself, "Then don't put your business out there for people to read." That's true. But at the same time, I have every right to express myself on my blog. I suppose the only logical thing I should do is disable comments.. but I really don't like that idea.
What are your thoughts on internet trolls? Or just anonymous haters in general?
I would LOVE to hear your thoughts.
