I know I might have ignored this little gesture but I can’t. I somehow think it is my moral duty toward my readers; quite a lot of them have become my close friends. Please read the things written below carefully. Don’t brush them away casually.
In my long span of blogging i have met all type of people marvelous friends and trolls and people in-between who dwell the cyber world.
Unfortunately some trolls did not like the things I wrote in MSN, I have written in their user’s contribution section for almost two years. My writings were simply words from heart, before writing there I never even guessed people can become so abusive to those who write against their views.
These trolls started to cyber-stalk me from then on. I still receive their mails (After two years since I stopped writing in MSN) in my email ids. Extremely abusive and sometimes really perverted mails. Some regular writers are Shruti Brij, Shri, Vasundhara and Ria but as you know they must be fake names. But that does not +8makes their intentions less heinous so don’t take them lightly.
They are not innocent babies, their behaviour is on the brink of criminal activities, they used to regularly bother me , posting dirty (extremely) comments on my blogs, abusive comments and mails, insane rantings were daily affair. As a result I had to stop using my windows live blog because it did not gave the option of moderation then.
WORST PART IS/WAS FIRST THEY USED MY BLOG NAMES, AFTER SLIGHTLY MODIFYING THEM OR OPENING THE SAME BLOGS UNDER OTHER WEBSITES. Then they started to contact my readers with great gusto from those ids or blogs, sharing all the articles I have written in which there is/was some thing which might brush someone in a wrong way. (I should meekly say that I am straight-forward, too straight-forward for my own sake, so I have sometimes written clear cut truth without any sweetness, that much I can assure you).
Say for example, they will forward all my articles showing sympathy to Palestine or Iraq to Hindu fanatics or some articles in which I have said something really harsh. It seemed their sole intention was to drag the name of my blogs in their insane ranting or blacklist them to as many people as possible.
As I wrote under three pseudonyms (apart from my own name) I got some of them myself, that’s why I knew that they were not normal bullies who harass only the writer by posting sick comments on blogs, they had more things in their sleeves.
Can’t deny they won the war, I stopped writing in MSN and using Windows Live blogs even though I was pampered to no end by the editing section of MSN. I stick to Wordpress specifically because it gives me the IP Address of the people who post comments. Somehow I have a deep guts feeling that they will be linked to ONE SINGLE OFFICE. So they and other mischief makers don’t visit Wordpress much.
They are the main reason why i always keep my friends informed about the blog sites i am using/not using. I hope my friends won’t ignore these words.
I don’t want them to be fooled by any troll or favour-seeker using my name. i recently even deleted a remote desktop connection file from my computer. I got suspicious because one of my readers was writing my unpublished poems after brushing them up, so I asked my blog friends how can that be possible! A friend generously told me that its impossible unless someone is connecting your computer via remote access, so I searched for Remote Access software in the computer, got one, googled it and google said “Either you or someone else is remote accessing your computer.” I deleted it. My monitor crashed (they might have been coincidence but that’s what happened) … As I am not a talented writer I believe someone was hacking my connection for some other purpose. Using those poems was most probably sign of over confidence. Or may be he/she must have thought I wont be able to solve the problem.
So… I WILL SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOU WILL KEEP MY ABOVE WORDS IN MIND. There is another thing I will like to share with you apart from the above:
I DON’T USE MY BLOGS FOR BUSINESS , ITS ONLY PLEASURE, UTILISING MY TIME AND UPGRADING MY WRITING. I WILL NEVER ASK ANY ONE ANY KIND OF FAVOURS- CLICK ON AD, DONATION, AND HELP- NOTHING. IF SOME ONE SEEKS SOME FAVOUR FROM YOU THAT WILL NOT BE ME.
I JUST WANTED MY FRIENDS/ READERS TO KNOW THAT I DONT USE FACEBOOK, ORKUT, TWITTER, SKYPE. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO CONTACT ME HE/SHE CAN USE ANY OF THESE. LATELY I HAVE BECOME REALLY LAZY ABOUT MY EMAIL ID, I CHECK IT ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.
The blogs I regularly update are:
mydomainpvt.wordpress.com; magicthought.wordpress.com; suryagni.blogspot.com; agnitrisha.blogspot.com; suryakana.blogspot.com
SHARMISHTHA BASU
(16.08.2010)
Simple and sound advice! I'm sorry you have to deal with such people; yet, it's good to see that you handle it well.
ReplyDeleteyou bet, but it left me a lot wiser.
ReplyDeleteI agree! You advised me the same on my recent encounter. Thanks so much for directing your readers to this post.
ReplyDeleteDear ajey,
ReplyDeleteI think I have some moral responsibilities toward my readers, esp friends like you or dulce or many more. I don’t want someone to misuse my name and harass anyone forget about people who care for me.
I have faced them, suffered them for two years plus so …
With lots of affection.
I have returned to blog spot for many of those reasons. I only wish I had the clarity of wisdom you seem to have. Namaste.
ReplyDeletedear hickory,
ReplyDeleteif you have been chased by those beauties for more than two years you too would have become like me. believe me life and experiences are my teachers.
namaste.
I haven't met trolls like that, so I cannot say how common it is.
ReplyDeleteI suppose it is easier to use msn or rediff account, for some reason.
I haven't read your blog much, I just arrived here from blog catalog, so I don't know, but I first reacted on your choice of name. It sounds very new agey. I have some experience on the Wiccan, Pagan and New Age community, and the people there are like everywhere else :-D
Perhaps someone thinks your name is really good and are angry because they wish they had got it first, and decided to try to get you away so that they would be known by the name, and not you. That happens.
The behavior you describe doesn't sound like "professional" trolling. Frankly it sounds very young. Now, I don't know what kind of messages you got, but I assume your "trolls" started swearing etc, like many teenagers do now-a-days, especially on the internet.
It's a good thing they don't get to your google blogs.
It's interesting that they send you emails.
I don't think they are lunatic.
I don't think they "just pass time by giving others rude shock"
It is possible that you were expressing opinions they found offensive.
It is possible that there is something in you and your writing they are jealous about.
It is possible that they are someone who actually knows you and for some reason you really p' them off.
Or something else.
We were actually discussing the issue of trolls and not feeding trolls in an internet forum that doesn't exist anymore, and I am not sure "not feeding the trolls" is the right way to deal with them... what ever reasons these people have to do what they do, they are real people, with thoughts and feelings, and it is bullying to ignore people, try to freeze people out.
Also, they cannot make you feel anything or react in any way, you choose your feelings and reactions yourself. It would be better to see through your reasons to react the way you do and do something about that.
I know,
ReplyDeleteAs you know,
I set up rule for Poets Rally for a good reason, people attack all of a sudden because of their enviousness or their unfulfilled desire in my place...
Nice to have you now shine and thrive in a better setting.