have you ever met someone rude here at mylot?
By Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (14078)
Philippines
January 8, 2009 12:12am CST
I think all mylotters are respectful and helpful people. I would like to believe it is because this inherent and not because of the existing community guidelines..lol...anyway, have you ever met someone who is rude at mylot? What was your reaction when you did meet him/her. In another thread, if you're a blogger and someone commented rudely, how would you respond? Ignore, acknowledge and tell him off or explain to him?
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46 responses
@aisaellis22 (6445)
• United States
8 Jan 09
Hello jenaisle! I have met some rude people here in mylot. There was one time when I responded to a discussion when he commented to me like this "pinay ka nga (you're really pinay)...gold diggers! Go pinayz!..That's really rude for him to say that when in fact I don't know him. Well I just ignored him so that it won't go into heated discussion.
@aisaellis22 (6445)
• United States
8 Jan 09
apology accepted..hehehe..thanks for the compliments.
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@smartie0317 (1610)
• United States
8 Jan 09
I meet someone here who I didn't like, but only found out their true colors after I posted. I will never post in another thread she posts again. I think was attached by one of their friends. He was meaner and called me names. I looked at his posting history, and am surprised he is not banned from here. I tried to speak to both, but the op made it clear she did not want to hear people's opinions in her threads. Just wanted everyone to agree with her. So, when I see these two make threads or post in them, I avoid the issue.
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
9 Jan 09
incidents like this will have to be reported to the mylot admin. once you do this, smartie, you can be sure that the entity who did make that post will be punished accordingly. i believe that he will be meted a suspension on the first offense after having been informed of the wrongdoing.
now, if that guy is so ill-mannered as to keep on with the harrassments, notify the admin again. you can be sure that getting banned from mylot will be an unstoppable event for the guy's mylotting days.
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@apples99 (6556)
• United States
8 Jan 09
When I first came to mylot and someone made a rude comment on one of my first discussions, but I just ignored it, and thankfully I haven't had any more experiences like that here since then, and for the most part people have been really kind to me, and I'm really thankful for that I thank its really childish and ignorant to be rude to anyone rather it be on mylot or any were else in life.
Well happy posting and I hope we all continue to have a pleasant myloting experience.
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@zhuhuifen46 (3483)
• China
8 Jan 09
Definitely yes. When responding to a discussion about losing weight, i got a comment, which says "your mum is fat". Maybe he or she feels offended by the topic. My view is losing weight is first of all for oneself, there is no intention of offending anyone, and discrimation is not allowed in any way, but just for the sake of health.
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@zandy985186 (434)
• China
8 Jan 09
HI,i have not met any impolite person here.And I am very honoured to get the help of some kind people.Here, can tell some in life puzzledly,someone will point out the right way.
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@maean_19 (4655)
• Philippines
8 Jan 09
I have not encountered just ONE, but TOO MANY.....At first, i ignored some and acknowledged others by leaving a comment still in a NICE way. I have controlled my temper and managed to leave a smile.
There are just too many RUDE and DEFENSIVE respondents here in MYLOT and am quite wondering why they have to be like that when in fact this is a community where "Freedom" is exercised with restrictions as provided in the guidelines of MYLOT. The purpose of MYLOT is to make this community grow by rewarding its members from posting discussions. However, respondents can't be controlled from leaving their response which is sometime provocative.
I have this most recent encounter of a "rude" or "closed-minded" respondent, where I have an old discussion and he/she respond to it leaving me a provocative words. It seemed like he/she did not actually understood the discussion and accused me of things which I cannot figure out why he/she said such. His/Her response was out of the discussion and more of being so rude to me. Worse is, I checked on his/her profile and guess what? He/She belonged to my "Friends list"...What I did is, I took a deep breath and leave a "friendly comment"...I just hope he/she realized that I do not intend to make or start a discussion which I think would be offensive to anyone. Am in GOOD FAITH....
Moreover, as a respondent, one has a choice to either respond or not to a certain discussion. If it does not interests him/her or thinks that it is something personal or offensive, why respond? It is MYLOT who has the discretion to consider a certain discussion to be a "violation of the rules" or a "foul" discussion.
Then again, you cannot please everybody. MYLOT members have different cultures and traditions, there are conservative and liberated, etc. Even so, members have to think that we are here to exchange opinions and must be open minded and respect each other...Am i right? or left?
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
8 Jan 09
he he he,left? lol of course, you're right. I agree with all that you have cited. Tolerance should be the key for everyone. We have to consider our differences of opinion, culture and upbringing. Your comment shed more light to the discussion. Thanks for that important input and happy mylotting.
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@kykidd (6812)
• United States
8 Jan 09
When I first joined myLot, I had someone be really rude to me. I almost quit because of it. I think they must have just been that type of person, or just not happy with their own life. But ever since then, I haven't really had anyone be that rude to me, fortunately.
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@djoyce71 (2511)
• Philippines
8 Jan 09
I have encountered just a few here. There are those that are really arrogant and rude (for me), and when you let them realize what they have done, they seem to not know that they have been rude. I just don't know. Maybe, they're just naturally like that or maybe because of culture difference. There are those that are sensitive and some brutally frank. So, sometimes I won't mind anymore.
Keep supporting mylot.
@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
8 Jan 09
You're right that the cultural differences may play a role. What is rude to someone may not be rude to others. We also have to be tolerant of others. Thanks for that vital comment and happy mylotting. Long time no see, djoyce. happy new year.
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@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
8 Jan 09
I haven't met SOMEONE in mylot who's rude, in fact I have met SEVERAL! hehehee..
Yeah, kidding aside, there are those who are rude to the point of just saying anything with the purpose of humiliating you with other people or simply to get the gratification of letting you know that you're wrong.
You would only encounter them though if you keep off the safe topics and venture out of your way with issues that are sensitive like religion, government, sexuality, morality, etc. But if you stick to these goody-two-shoes type of topics, it's rare that you'd even get across one of them.
So, what do I do?
Well, I actually do all of those you mentioned.
At first, I'd try to see if the comment is beyond help. If his/her damage is too much immature, then I'd go for the Ignore mode. But if I could see some sense out of what he/she is saying then I'd acknowledge but try to explain my side too and explain that he/she could have done a more 'educated' correction rather than being rude.
But all in all, most are just plainly looking for ways to make you tick, so might as well just ignore them.
Good luck!
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
8 Jan 09
That was a very well thought of answer. I do agree with the "Ignore mode". Disrespectful people should be ignored. Why allow them to cause you unhappiness? I'm happy and I'll stay that way..lol..thanks for that important contribution to the discussion. happy mylotting.
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@silverjam (969)
• United States
8 Jan 09
Yes I did........and I guess rude people are everywhere. As far as I remember just very recently I met one; she didn't elaborate more on the discusiion but just merely commenting on some ignorance of the facts that I was stating in my response (she's not the author, just sdomebody who dropped by and made a foolish comment). Whenever I met this kind of people I won't let them passed...I always say something to them and let them know how stupid their ways are.
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@klaudine (3650)
• Indonesia
8 Jan 09
Well... I think I have seen someone like that and in the other forum, yes, I have seen someone who would commented in a very rude way. I don't care about them actually, if we ignore them, it would make them pissed even more, but if we give them response, it's like giving attention of what they were doing. So I would not talk to them, or just report it to the mods or admin for what they did.
I have never found something like that in my blog, fortunately, but some hard critics about my blog were still acceptable. I hope we would never find these kind of people in myLot ever again.
@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
8 Jan 09
No i haven't.. i think most members of mylot are polite and considerate.. and i hope i won't meet any rude mylotter for the rest of my stay here...
and if someone commented insolently in my blog, then i'll block his/her ip address so he/she can never make a boorish comment again.. haha!
@kprofgames (3091)
• United States
8 Jan 09
I think just like in our real lives you're going to find them, thus you're doing to find them here. Plus you have to consider that there are more people here that have the opportunity to respond over private personal conversations between people face to face.
How would I respond? Sometimes I don't. I respond more then start discussions so I think I have more control over who or what a person will throw at me. To be honest, I don't even respond to a person if I see they are rude to other responders. To be frank, I have more important things to do with my time then try to explain myself to a person who just surfs through here dropping acid wherever they land.
I'm sure I'll have to deal with this when I start my own discussions and my first line of thinking is just ignore them; however, I think a person who creates a discussion should respond to all responders. To me that's just good manners. So again, I guess I'd just say thanks for stopping by and that be the end of it.
You know if you argue with an idiot, most people watching can't tell the difference between you and them once the words start to fly.
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
9 Jan 09
he he he. I like your last statement, if you argue with an idiot , then people can't tell the difference...lol.. Perhaps one is more of an idiot if one responds ..what do you think...lol..thanks for that significant input, It sheds a different light to the discussion. Happy mylotting.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
8 Jan 09
There were few occasions, when someone wrote rudely on my posts, without any kind of apparent provocation. I think, those who wrote nasty comments on my posts without any valid reasons, were perhaps angry with themselves. They writing uncalled for comments was a reflection on their personality, it had nothing to do with me. If they were not in my friends' list, I did not bother much about their rude comments and ignored the same. On the other hand, if any of them was in my friends' list, here on mylot, I immediately 'deleted' him/her from my list, because I feel we have to be courteous and polite here and if we cannot, we have no business to remain here. I also remain polite and try to use acceptable and decent language and I expect the same from others.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
8 Jan 09
I have met a couple....and when they put something rude like a response in my discussion I just don't even reply to them. THere are so many wonderful people here on mylot that one person being rude doesn't justify a response....I have turned one in too....but he was totally disgusting!
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@mikeysmom (2088)
• United States
8 Jan 09
i personally have never encountered anyone rude and i have had no problems here. i have read others discussions though that say they have had some problems. i tend to stay away from very controversial subject matter and i do not judge others and i believe everyone is entitled to their own opinions so perhaps that is why i have not had any difficulties here.
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
8 Jan 09
I have never come across any member who is rude or disrespectful here on mylot.almost all the members are very nice.If i came across someone being intentionally rude then i would ignore him or her and go on..Sometimes when a discussion gets heated a member might put forth his or her views forcefully which may seem rude, but if it is in the spirit of the discussion then i would simply take it in the same spirit and post my own reply
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