Someone here is getting on my nerves...

@nikramos (698)
Philippines
September 29, 2010 11:12am CST
i'm just doing my thing, commenting on discussions, sharing my opinions. there's this one guy here, who, for the second time has been very critical of my posts. i could just imagine him in person, he might look and sound sarcastic while answering me back.i'm trying my best not to be bias and to be very objective with my opinions because i don't want to offend others who have opposite views from mine. i might sound really rude here but this guy doesn't seem to be sensible with his arguments and i'm really pissed when he comments back on my responses.i hope he doesn't comment anymore... have you had the same experience here on MyLot? how did you deal with it? i had a rough day today so i can't just sit back and let him say what he wants so i answered him back. silly me. share your thoughts.
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13 responses
@saphrina (31551)
• South Africa
29 Sep 10
Hi sweetie. I think whoever this one is who pisses you off like that should start thinking for himself. It really cannot be that hard. Maybe you should pm me that link so i can see who is so freaking rude. I had my differences here, but we can be different opinions without being rude. TATA.
@saphrina (31551)
• South Africa
29 Sep 10
Here we go again.
@saphrina (31551)
• South Africa
29 Sep 10
meluan you know as well as i do that we can have different opinions, but to be rudely different in your opinion is freaking rude. I so wish i could swear just one time.
@saphrina (31551)
• South Africa
29 Sep 10
Nope. I just find it hard to express myself these days. Swearing normally helps.
@Lindalinda (4111)
• Canada
30 Sep 10
Yes, you can let him say what he wants, the fact that you had a rough day has nothing to do with him. My dear Niframos, I notice you are a fairly new member on mylot. I have been here for about three years and from experience I would like to tell you that people come and go, there are nice and polite people here and there are argumentative people here. The discussions are supposed to be quality discussions as well as the answers. If someone is critical of your answers you have the choice to ignore him. Remember, there are 216 000 members on mylot. How many do you think are interested in the fact that you are p****ed off at this guy?
• Canada
30 Sep 10
I forgot to add something. If a person gets really abusive to you you can always report them to Mylot.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
1 Oct 10
So far I have managed to be pretty successful in avoiding such people...
@Chispa514 (871)
• Montreal, Quebec
29 Sep 10
I've not had that happen here on Mylot (yet), but on another site that I am a member of, they have a discussion forum there, and on that site, I have encountered such a person. I try my best not to let them bring me down or ruin my mood, but its hard when they seem to target your posts more than anyone else's. There's a few times I have snapped at the person, but in the end it only makes me look like I don't know how to handle critism, so I just try my best to ignore the comments left on my discussion by that person.
@nikramos (698)
• Philippines
30 Sep 10
ouch... maybe i just didn't know how to handle criticism... hmm thanks for the reminder Chispa. you have a point :)
@petersum (4522)
• United States
29 Sep 10
Well, it is time to fight back with your own sarcasm towards this guy. Take it as an opportunity to extend your discussion and thus earn more! You have the right to answer back, some would say that this is indeed the function of a mylot discussion. Just keep your reply dignified and don't lose your temper.
@nikramos (698)
• Philippines
30 Sep 10
that's what i just did. but i had to stop because everytime i answer back, he also has an answer for me. and because i think his ideas are way too "out of this world", we're getting out of the topic and the conversation isn't making any more sense. to think about it, i don't even know him personally so why should i be minding him? like i said i was just in one of my bad and uber sensitive days yesterday so i just had to let out my negative feeling towards him... i don't know what right words to use to make it sound less negative hehe. thanks for the idea :)
• United States
29 Sep 10
I have been having a bit of a problem lately where it appears a member is either stalking my responses and or following me somehow. I have no idea where this person gets his interpretation of my responses as I have not been negative in anyway. In the last 5 days my rating has been dropping and have a distinct suspicion that this person is intentionally rating me negative. I have no idea why this is occurring but it is giving me a bit of ugly feeling of myLot in the last 5 days. I will give you an example of this person where a member posted something really funny. It truly was funny, and meant to be taken as fun. So I answered pretty funny, in fact the more I re-read your discussion I have found myself not able to contain my laughter. So tell me why and how this member made it to my post and said that with clearly my experience on myLot I should not be making fun of people. WHAT!! The discussion did not and was directed to any person just stated a funny joke in general. It truly was not directive. Then I responded to a discussion about how parents are harsh when it comes to dictating rules as to what their children should choose as a career path. Well me with my successful single mom parenting, I have two wonderful young adults that I raised to be great and honest, so I entered my response with although many parents try to live their dreams through their children I am am one that have always respected their thoughts about career choices as I raised them to know right from wrong... Anyways you see how can that too, was negative.. in fact that discussion was not his either and he did not even post a response he just decided to contradict my response by saying that parents like me are to harsh on children and do not know what is right all the time. Okay so explain to me what part did I say I made my children do anything, in fact I was encouraging as this is why I have a wonderful relationship with my children that all my acquaintances would love to have had. Sorry for the long response but this person has gotten on my last nerve and well I am getting a bit pisst off these days as what is it with this person.
@nikramos (698)
• Philippines
30 Sep 10
that's fine dear. at least each of us had our share of being bogged by these people, i don't know how to describe them hehe. i can pretty much say the same about having a bit of ugly feeling of MyLot lately, just because of this one person. i was even thinking twice about posting comments because maybe there must be something wrong about my ideas. i'm here to learn and share my knowledge so as much as i can, i try to be very cautious with my answers as to not offend others. i can get really sensitive also so maybe, just maybe, part of this whole pissed feeling is from how i dealt with it. at least now i learned another thing- let's just have a lot of patience with them :)
• Singapore
30 Sep 10
I've not had anyone irritating me here. However the mylot guideline states that nobody is allowed to attack each other here. I guess that person who got on your nerves will soon disappear because I know Mylot is watching him very closely.
• South Korea
29 Sep 10
take it easy hun...I think majority of us has the same experience like you do..but just let it go, its better than to use your time feeling bad.. that could give you wrinkles..kidding of course its not worth it:) THATS why everybody here is free to express their opinion..its just that sometimes we cant really avoid those people who dont know how to deliver the right words..:) just chillax(chill and relax..:))
@misheli (552)
• Philippines
29 Sep 10
Never experience it yet and I hope I wont. Just ignore the person as if he/she did not exist. There are people who really doesn't care about the feelings of others.
@Sanitary (3968)
• Singapore
30 Sep 10
Everybody here is entitled to their own thoughts and opinions. Don't take it to heart. Since we are the ones starting discussions, we should be more generous in accepting all sorts of comments. Be it good or bad, sincere or unsincere, don't mind it because it does not only happen online. It happens in real life too. Only difference is that, people online are more daring as they are hiding behind the mask. Things might be different if u were to see him in real, because he's a real coward in life? Someone with low self esteem? Take pity on him, don't be too harsh.
@kyle19 (42)
30 Sep 10
Have you tried the 'report abuse' button? Abuse FAQ: http://www.mylot.com/o/faq/faq16.aspx
29 Sep 10
As we all know,we cannot please everyone.There are just those people who are happy doing this attitude.Maybe that person needs an attention,he is an attention seeker and he do that way which is a wrong move.Anyway you can report his comments in the admin if that comment of him really affects you and he do it very rudely. May God bless all this kind of person and clear their mind that they are hurting other people.
• Romania
30 Sep 10
Just ignore him.