Come children, aunt Tia has something to teach you.

Welcome to the internet boys and girls. As you may know, the internet is full of many people. Some people come to forums like this one. In a forum there are different people. Different people have different opinions. Their opinions may differ from yours. Their opinion might even make you mad but it is there opinion and they have a right to it. You might want to yell back , or flame, the person but this will not work. The other person feels just as strongly about their opinions as you do yours. Would you change your mind in that debate? Even if you do manage to change the other persons opinions, where does that leave you? There is nothing to be gained or lost from an internet debate.

Another person you may find on the internet forum is called a troll. A troll is a person who gets a kick out of messing up your day. They do every thing they can to annoy you and get a reaction from you. A prime example are the masked people. Do you know what gives the troll their powers? yes thats right children, attention. if you ignore these people they will leave because they are not getting the reaction they want. There is an old saying on the internet "do not poke the trolls!" No matter how mad they make you, you have to ignore them. The damage from a troll is easily fixable. The moderators can clean the forum and all will be well.

In closing, not every one on the internet is good. if a person makes you mad on the internet just ignore them.

until next time, The English language and you, be safe and don't poke the trolls.