Some people who go online and mess things up for others really ought to be sectioned. Sometimes, I wish the Internet had never even been invented because there are a lot of crazy folk out there.
Personally, I've been using message boards since 2003 and I decided (after years of awful abuse) just to retire from pretty much most of the forums I registered with, either because they got so inactive, their affiliates were shut down eventually, or they were populated by nasty trolls. Somehow, if I used a new nickname to try to blend in, they figured out who I was anyway. I'm also not really a fan of Facebook, Twitter and all that nonsense either.
Examples of abuse:
Forums
Not all message boards are friendly and relaxed; I think a lot of people that inhabit them just aren't happy with themselves, and decide to take their angst out on strangers behind a screen, because these lowlifes don't always get any backlash over it. Some forums I've been on also have cliques. They're the worst type of online community, because the admins and moderators often take the side of any long term members that love acting like big bullies in a schoolyard, even if they knowingly get out of line more than the newcomers, and I've also seen some forums in the past that allowed "flame forums" for the users to argue in, and stuff like that. That's not nice.
Dating
Most relationship-seeking websites are like holding a carrot out to a donkey. The same also applies to casting agencies claiming that being an extra in the next big movie gets you recognition so you get bigger parts in other productions. Does it hell? I've never fallen for that rubbish.
Many dating websites attempt to promote themselves as being free. You join, eager to find your potential partner, only to find out you must upgrade to 'Gold' thereafter, and the selection of available users to weed through can range from downright creepy to just being your generic, immature, time zapping losers. I've also seen really stupid and gimmicky crap elsewhere, like having to pay $30 for a glowing username and special badges. They know people out there are lonely and desperate, so they just rip off the naive types. I'm lonely and desperate myself, but no dating site will cut it for me. Backpage, Craigslist, Gumtree, and all that are even worse.
Social Media
Pretty much like most message boards, social media is a waste of brainpower. Facebook is the best example of such a website that tends to attract squabbling, and people connect with others simply to get hundreds of pseudo "friends" they likely never see face to face, nor want to talk to anyway. Facebook is still good for creating or entering groups if it gets you meeting people in person, and the odd sign-in cannot hurt (much), can it? But it's not something I feel is all that productive. Twitter is so-so, but the character limit thing is kind of annoying.
Wikipedia
Oh, the horror of adding real facts to a page like any other noble contributor, only to be reverted by a fanboy or girl moderator minutes later, who just does so because they don't like your edit, if it does not meet their personal approval requirements. Biased, much?
"Oh, we can't have a true fact about my favorite pop singer or movie star on there if I do not think it belongs there at all. Oh no, no, no."
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