What is the WORST advice you can give to a deviant being bullied on deviantART (I might quote you if you comment)?
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Definitely quote the TOS and Etiquette policy to them. If they know they are breaking the rules, they'll stop.
Laugh at them and tell them how stupid they are! Then block them so you get the last word in!
Create a journal and link all their stupid comments so your friends can go defend you!
Let them know you are reporting them. The threat of being banned will surely shut them up!
Give them a taste of their own medicine... Troll that troll!
Defend yourself - They don't know you and have no right to bully you!
*leave a comment about a true horror story you witnessed or were part of*
This is for Part #2 of Taking on Bullies, a NOMsense Creation

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I've been both the victim and the friend of victim's of bullying on this site...some of some very strange or touchy reasons.
I have a friend who makes posts about the Bible and homosexuality on her page. She's a really good person but her comments and views can be VERY inflammatory for people on both sides of the argument and though we don't always see eye to eye, she is my friend and I hate seeing her attacked for her beiefs.
Now I know she is posting on a touchy subject with an unpopular view on said subject and because of that she has to expect some angry and hostile remarks, but there are others who have tried (and failed) to drag her name through the mud completely, making nasty web comics, an article on that dramatica site and even coming at her in her personal life.
Now I can understand when homosexuals and their supporters get angry and argue with her, but really, name calling, bullying and personal attacks DO NOT help anyone's cause, I think we can all agree on that.
Because I stood up for her on a few occassions, I was labeled a homophobe (I'm not) personally attacked online multiple times by people calling me gay, homophobic, a religious nut, a closet homossexual, a white knight and of course I was also treated to the web comic and dramatica thing.


Anyway, the point is we all have our own opinions and though some oif us are on the fence or firmly on one side or the other, we need to respect the opinions of others or we will NEVER be able to come to any kind of peaceful resolutions or help others see why we believe the way we do.
Often times we are all very similar in our beliefs but because we refuse to try and understand how and why someone else feels the way they do, we cause hurt, hard feelings and anger where there is no need for it at all.

I'm not sure what the worst (or even the best) advice to give someone being trolled is. I do not think there is an answer to that since it's subjective and each person has different reactions.
I do think though the best advice for all of us to follow ourselves is to practice the Golden Rule. Treat one another how we want to be treated ourselves.
If we can't follow that when dealing with our fellow humans then we really have no business on a social site to begin with.