As someone who has had my projects and profile host many a vicious online argument, I’ve decided to make a project sharing my infinite wisdom in the ways of the keyboard warriors. Step one: don’t. Just don’t. Whether you’re saying something rude or seeing a hurtful comment, just don’t engage. I don’t care if the comment you see is the most atrocious insult of the year, don’t give the commenter that argument. They WANT your attention. They WANT you to be mad. Report the comment and go. Be the bigger person. It costs you literally nothing to not engage with someone online. It’s so easy to ignore people here, it’s almost funny how many people choose not to. Delete or report the comment and just leave it be. Don’t argue, don’t start tossing insults, leave them be. I know a lot of you are going to think this is letting the commenter get away with what they’re saying, but it’s not. Trust me. The no-lifers who say these things will be checking Scratch every five minutes to look for replies, because they WANT your attention. And you’re giving it to them. Even if you win the argument, you’re still losing, because you gave them what they wanted. Just stop. Seriously.
EDIT: Please stop making excuses for why you argue online, I really don’t care. I just made this project to save people the time and stress that comes with online arguments, but evidently a lot of you don’t care. That’s fine, but just don’t waste MY time, too.
