Internet Trolls & Cyber Bullying

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Kosmo is a great guy, though he probably went a little too far for this site. You are right about what WP is slowly turning into, a haven for f**** up NT's and whiney aspies who spend their days writing threads saying they feel suicidal because a pistascho nut hit their head and so on. Trolls tend to help clear out these sort of people, so they can go and wallow in their depression elsewhere.

a haven for f**** up NT's and whiney aspies who spend their days writing threads saying they feel suicidal because a pistascho nut hit their head and so on.

I do agree with you though, this site is getting overrun by people whose lives have nothing to do with autism at all.

Yep. That's what I meant above about the definition of a troll being very hazy. I think I have a different definition than some other people's. Was Kosmonaut considered a troll? I used to literally choke with laughter at some of his posts - he knew how to "take the piss" as the Brits like to say. I know he offended a lot of people, and he finally ended up going too far. But seems to me that folks like him kept WP from turning into a self-pitying haven for NTs, which is what it's now becoming.

Kosmo is a great guy, though he probably went a little too far for this site. You are right about what WP is slowly turning into, a haven for f**** up NT's and whiney aspies who spend their days writing threads saying they feel suicidal because a pistascho nut hit their head and so on. Trolls tend to help clear out these sort of people, so they can go and wallow in their depression elsewhere.

A common theme I've noticed in posts here is that several have admitted to being internet trolls. See, I don't get this. I equate Asperger's with a higher level of intelligence, and I always considered internet trolls to be people that were so stupid and insecure with themselves that they had to prey on others (usually in support forums, no less) to fluff their own egos. It has really pissed me off on several occasions while running support forums when I've had to ban IPs on these people because they were destroying the supportive environment for no reason other than their own warped, pathetic attempts to gain attention.

I admit to being utterly shocked to hear several (AS) people here admit to engaging in such behaviors. I suppose everyone has a need for some level of attention - even those of us on the spectrum, but I never understood the "I'll take any attention I can get" mentality. I've always avoided being on the radar at all. Maybe it's the anonymity of the internet that provides the courage for these otherwise cowardly individuals. Perhaps being at the mercy of other bullying has given them the desire to try on the other guy's hat, so to speak, and take a crack at cyber bullying to see what it felt like. I don't know, but there's no excuse for it, regardless of the reason.

I can honestly say, having been the victim of all kinds of bullying throughout the years, that nothing disgusts me more than an internet troll. I have a passionate, vehement hatred for the mentality that these people possess.

I have a suggestion. If you want attention so badly, have the testicular fotitude (or female equivalent) to go public. That's right, go streaking or sing karaoke naked. Paint yourself in ketchup and go to the ER. At least that way they appropiate people will find you, put you someplace safe so your head problems can be dealt with accordingly, and spare the rest of us from having to be bothered with your stupidity.

Maybe you need to reconsider what your perspective of an internet troll is. Trolls are often highly intelligent, in fact some of them are probably a damn sight brighter than yourself. The thing with highly intelligent people is that the get bored more easily, so occasionally they need to brighten up the more boring of the threads. Support sites tend to be full of such threads, hence why they get trolled. In certain cases, the help that these people need is probably way better provided by a good troll.