Quotes About Online behavior

When I started on Twitter, I was just staggered by how rude people could be.

I think the Internet has given rise to voices that want to attack others.

People that are not happy in their offline life tend to turn to trolling to fill the void. Oftentimes, the people saying racist things do not even necessarily believe in what they are saying. They are just looking for attention they do not get in real life. When you keep that in mind, it is easier to avoid indulging those people all together.

People send everyone hate mail. That's the way the world works right now, I'm nothing special.

I had seen a lot of bullying on social media. If this is happening to me, who only a few people are paying attention to, what happens to somebody who is on a bigger scale?

I am a Facebook voyeur. I feel bad about it because I never put anything on there, but I find it fun to sit there and watch peoples' lives go by. Or whatever lives they're presenting.

If someone says something vulgar to you and you retweet it, now you're giving them a voice, and you never want to give hate a voice.

I had a routine of waking up, going on Twitter, searching for the worst things I could about myself.

I will never understand why the Internet seems to take away the basic humanity of most people,* and allows—no, enables*—them to say things that they'd never say to another person face-to-face.

will never understand why the Internet seems to take away the basic humanity of most people, and allows — no, enables — them to say things that they'd never say to another person face to face.

The picture was of me, and I sent it.

I was kind of loathe to go on social media. I find the trolling unacceptable, and I never wanted to look like I was someone who would accept that.

Online I see people committing 'social media suicide' all the time by one of two ways. Firstly by responding to all criticism, meaning you're never going to find time to complete important milestones of your own, and by responding to things that don't warrant a response. This lends more credibility by driving traffic.

Trolling is a cyber-crime, and if you are caught for it, you cannot run away by saying that it is your opinion.

As the writer Caitlin Moran tweeted: "For those who say, 'why complain– just block?'—on a big troll day, it can be 50 violent/rape messages an hour.

If you are active online or texting, there is a good chance I could look at what you do and know more about you than your family.

There are 5,000 great people for every jerk on Usenet. But that still is a lot of jerks. Proceed with caution and eyes wide open.

Facebook had to be the biggest playground for self-absorbed assholes that the world had ever seen.

It is very unfair, and on social media you have all these keyboard warriors who just type something, and they never say it to my face. That's very weak I find.

As players we have to be careful what we put out there and make sure everything we do is appropriate. And it is not always easy.

Most parents would not hesitate to assume responsibility for their child's behavior on a playground, at school, or in someone else's home. What happens online should be no different. Parents should talk with their children about computer ethics, stipulate rules of conduct, and - most importantly - establish consequences.

Never angrily rant into your web cam. While smashing a keyboard in half over a game of 'World of Warcraft' may seem totally justified in your head, to the rest of the known universe you look like a raging psychopath.

Every time you shop online, every time you sign up for a newsletter, or register on a website, or enquire about a new car, or fill out a warranty card, or buy a new home, or register to vote - you are unwittingly handing over a small clue as to who you are and how you behave.

On engagement, we're already seeing that mobile users are more likely to be daily active users than desktop users. They're more likely to use Facebook six or seven days of the week.