I haven’t been having problems, but I see others talking about it, because of that, I’m just curious how most handle it. Also, I’m not talking about stalking behavior or belligerent behavior, I’m talking about just not agreeing on anything and them constantly wanting to debate everything and anything.
If it's not belligerent or stalking, I generally don't mind it. I might not continue to engage in it if they insist on debating since I'm not into debating. Yet if it's civil, I enjoy it as long as it's not too extreme. I won't block unless they become belligerent or start stalking my posts.
One thing is that I do think debating is a very poor form of communication between two parties unless we're appealing to official judges, like a judge in a courtroom or an audience in a formal debate. It makes little sense to me to debate on the internet unless people are voting on the winner.
So I much prefer a "sharing" style of communication. We share how we arrived at our viewpoint and even potential areas where we could be wrong to each other. It doesn't seek to "win", it seeks to develop mutual understanding.
I really try to encourage people to do this more. Debating on the internet with the goal to prove each other wrong is extremely counter-productive.
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I did not vote because I have done all three, it depends on the conversation and debate honestly. I have blocked some not many that kept pushing something and wouldn't leave it be. I have ignored as you have saw me do before because it was not worth it. But I have gotten into debates, hard to read online sometimes but if I feel we are having a rational debate, I'll keep going. But I feel it's an argument I will make my point and stop responding. I have failed once or twice to ignore but mostly do.
depends, if they break rules you can ask mods or admins for help, if they are just rude or annoying, you can block them.
I often make the same mistake being polite to them... but they are mostly fixated on one thing - sexting or insulting me... so my block button is hit regularly lol
they'd be blocked before any problem escalated.
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I very rarely have problems with another user, but I try to defuse it if I think it is a miscommunication or I ignore them.
If it is something like a debate or argument, then I walk away if I think it is not going to be productive, which are most debates online, lmao.I don’t block people and only ignore them when it’s no longer fun. I’ve been blocked by a number of people and don’t know why. When I go on a question, half the page is filled with, “This member’s opinion cannot be seen because you have blocked them or they have blocked you” or whatever it says. It’s actually quite disturbing!
as of late... with most of the people I disagree with in here, I don't have to "deal with" that much really, we just have a difference of opinion, we discuss some and that is it... we move on, and we even agree sometimes on some other things at some point
so, it is fine...I don't really have "problems" per se, but in terms of disagreements, I will continue to engage. What I do though, is I detach myself emotionally from the discussion. It's not about me and my personal feelings. The reason I continue to engage with disagreeable people is not about anything personal. It's more for the wider audience of others who are going to read the publicly posted discussion. I want to represent a point of view and show arguments to counter what the opposition is demonstrating.
If it continues to degrade into irrelevant personal remarks and the like, I will disengage, and sometimes block the user.
This is very different from how I approach private personal conflicts, in which I am very interested in reaching a resolution and mutual understanding. But that is not my motivation in public forum like this.
debate is not a problem... unless they write personal attack. decent websites censor personal attack... here they allow it, can't report it, and wouldn't censor it, while censor less problematic stuff. but what do i know? i am not rich enough to operate a website.
when it happens i reply and down vote.
I will keep talking to them until I get bored then I just ignore them.
Depends what the situation calls for. Sometimes I just block them. Like if they've proven themselves to be morally bankrupt and belligerent. Then nothing good is likely to ever come from them and I just block them. But if they're just a person who post inflammatory posts for attention you can't rely on mods to fix the problem so in those instances I handle them the Chicago way (see the untouchables).
If it's every time I answer a question I block. It's happened once.
Otherwise I try to keep engaging because it's usually just one issue that's the problem. Communication is the only answer.Depends on the problem, but usually blocking is the easiest way.
I also wanted to say, you're beautiful!Block them and consider reporting them if they are attacking you personally. Life is too short to waste your time with people like that.
I got blocked by 5 people at least and I don't know why yet.
You just block them on here. This site is not worth stressing out over. Block and forget about them.
Beg them not to block me or if they did I hope it’s just temporary
If they can't follow logic in a conversation I block them because communication would be pointless
On the rare occasions that I have a problem I just block them. No muss, no fuss.
One particular woman kept asking questions about paedophilia and how women paedophiles are worser than men 🤔 and when i voiced My opinion she'd argue it WAS TOO MUCH IN THE END SO I BLOCKED HER 😠 8 ignored her for a bit made her worse
There is no one here, it is not crowded, we cannot even find people :)
Depends on the problem
Just block them so they can’t bother you anymore
I give them a time & a place
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