Senseless Desensitized Senses…
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by Talvari
I have received so many compliments on my first article and have had so many people subscribe to my paper. I was very pleased with how it turned out and am glad that it was so well received by the majority of the eRepublik community. First article...
I am also disappointed with the amount of comments that sited me as being the problem. I am only getting harassed because I am a female, and I stay true to who I am. Well…
If you are someone who understands what a problem trolling is, or if you understand that a troll is someone who will attack anyone and everyone reguardless of their age, sex, or race, then by all means ignore this article.
However… If you are one of those people that told me I should lie about being a female, or that I should keep entirely to myself and not talk about my life to people I consider friends... If you are one of those people that think that only females are capable of being trolled… Of if you are one of those people that think only us whiny eAmericans deal with being harassed… Read on.
I went on to the eRepublik chats to conduct a very simple survey on harassment. The following “interviews” are from people of different ages and from different countries. Most answers were pretty basic and I shortened them in order to fit this article. However, if the answer has quotes around it, I quoted that person directly.
Citizen: ViperexBenz
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Country: Turkey
How often in eRep chats: Around 8 hours a week
Have you ever been directly harassed: Yes
What was said: Racist remarks, Sexual Innuendos
Citizen: SirNicholas
Age: 18
Sex: Male
Country: United States
How often in eRep chats: Around 20 hours a week
Have you ever been harassed directly: Yes
What was said: “He attacked me on a personal level based on my 1) Sexual orientation 2)Sexual innuendos. Even after he was asked to stop, repeatedly, he still continued.”
Citizen: Gildorg
Age: 37
Sex: Male
Country: United States of America
How often in eRep chats: Around 20
Have you ever been directly harassed: “Numerous times.”
What was said: “I was personally attacked. I had the Troll accuse me of being her Ex-Husband and that we had kids together that I had abandoned. That brought a large group of Serbians and Bulgarians in the Chat Room all insulting me in their various languages.
Citizen: Cody Fowler
Age: 16
Sex: Male
Country: United States
How often in eRep chats: Around 12 hours a week
Have you ever been directly harassed: No
Would you say that “trolls” attack everyone and anyone solely to cause problems? Yes
Citizen: Johannes von Hohenbuerg
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Country: Ge rmany
How often in eRep chats: Around two hours a week
Have you ever been harassed: Frequently
What was said: (Racist comments)”That I'm a nazi, etc”
Each person above is from a different walk of life, a different state, sometimes a different country, a different age, and each one has given either their opinions or their experiences with harassment in the world of eRepublik.
I want to convey my gratitude to my readers. Thank you for putting up with this article, which is more of a rant than anything.
I also want to express my thanks to those that I interview.
ViperexBenz, SirNicholas, Gildorg, Cody Fowler, Johannes von Hohenbuerg, You allowed me to take up your time and allowed me to articulate your views to the eRepublik community. Without you, this article would not have been.
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Voted!!!
voted 😃 Fantastic article darlin'
Voted.
Harassment isn't cool.
Voted. Keep this up, maybe we'll get some stronger guidelines and punishments for abuse in the game chat rooms.
You're going somewhere far. Nice job.
Pics plz
Voted!
the in-game chat and forum are seriously crap, most of us hang out on IRC and eUS forums due to that.
However, it's about time someone demanded better from the mods.
...This is a newspaper article. Not a picture book. I will post pictures as I deem necessary. -,-
Voted so hard I may have broken it.
Fantastic work as usual.
QUACK!
o no o no o no o no O YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAa
I voted.
Just develop a thick skin & ignore all this bullies.
"Stick & Stones may break my bones but words do not hurt me at all!"
I know it's not easy....This crap will continue rattling your mind for quite some time but once you take charge, suddenly all this rubbish is nothing but meaningless words.
Just a food for thought
Spykerman... Read the previous article. This all started because myself and a few others wanted moderators put into the chats. Then people made a few comments that made me angry, so I am proving a point. This has nothing to do with having thick skin.
Good work again, I'm looking forward to more articles from you.
Good stuff.
sweet heart. you want a cookie???
QUICK! take it before my eWife sees!
good research
I'll take a sexist troll over a white knight any day of the week.
But I look good in Armor... Ah... Dang it!
The only thing sillier than this article is the amount of praise it has garnered.
"I interviewed five people who are probably trolls about trolling. And four out of five claim to have been trolled!"
-.- don't listen to kitchen.sink! he is a well known troll! cover your eyes, kitchen sink.
soo.........
whats wrong being a female and playing this game???
You don't need to hide the fact that you are a woman. There are many high ranking female players in this game. Choose your chat mediums wisely. I'm on IRC and never have a problem. Good luck to you!
Astra Kat G, Ines Schumacher, Bia Pandora and others are all highly respected female players.
I didn't expect an article like this... Never been on ingame chat... Sticking to irc 🙂
Nice work, but really you prob would have been better off hiding the fact that you are a girl. You may actually be the only one real one on the internets.
For the record, I never said you should lie about being a female. In fact, my comment in the other article suggested only that it be toned down. I've never lied about being a chick, but nor do I make a big to-do over it either, and it's resulted in zero harassment. I was just trying to help alleviate your problem, also with the mental safety of your daughter in mind. But if being a proud, defiant woman is more important to you, then by all means. My personal opinion, though, is that I'd rather be left alone. It was only a recommendation... though this reaction is amusing.
My comment in the first article was more in line with what That-Damn-Duck posted later, regarding "The problem lies with three distinct groups: The first are the gals mentioned earlier, the 'Wanna see my boobs?' gals" (...and obviously also the trolls themselves.) But my point is that females who fit into the above category help provoke that kind of behavior, and make things tough for the rest of us... and I sincerely doubt any amount of social peer pressure would stop those sorts of girls or the prepubescent teens who react to them and treat all women similarly. That's not to say I don't agree with your encouragement of trying to do so. We could all use some common courtesy on the internet.
keep up the good work Tal
Aerofluff, you are not the only who made comments, and the comments on the article specifically are not the only ones I received.
To anyone else... I do not go around screaming IM A GIIIIRL, O.M.G..... If I am asked if I am a female, I simply do not lie about it.
And the fact that some of you are still citing me being honest about being female as the problem, then you completely missed the point of this article.
vote. Situation points out putting chat admin to chat.And I think Talvari has speciality to make this job
Very good article, keep it up 🙂
good article