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Originally Posted by Blue2u
Like I've tried to teach my kids and I try to govern myself, be respectful if you have to answer negatively towards something. I wish people would remember that in regards to online comments also.
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The flip side of that is, "I wish people would remember that people on the internet are complete jerks". If they're not, they act like it a lot more often online, because they can get away with things that they'd be punched in the face for if they did it to someone in person.
Now granted I don't know what exactly was done or said ("bullying" is a very broad and vague term), but one of the most obvious things about online comments that no one ever seems to remember is, they can be deleted. They are also very easy to ignore. All you have to do is not actively click on the link that lets you read them.
Practically every single eBook I own has a section that tells me how to reach the author via social media, and how very much he or she wants to hear from me. That's an open invitation to spamming and flaming for certain types of people out there, and any author who posts her Twitter or Facebook for everyone in the world to see needs to be aware of that when he or she makes the decision to share that contact info.
Personally, if I was doing something like that, I'd hire a person to check all those accounts for me and to act as buffer, and that's despite the fact that I'm not easily offended by things people say to me online. If I was, having someone else filter out non-constructive comments would be even more important.
TLDR:
If you know it's going to bother you that to read what what people say about you online, don't read it.
