What Causes People to Be Toxic on the Internet ?
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If you play social media nowadays, you might see that there are a lot of toxic people that you do and often encounter on the internet, and of course there are many reasons for this.
Starting from the new people who are indeed strangers or people who do have many problems but don't know where is a suitable place to express everything, of course the internet is the right place for them to release it.
But again, is that the only reason they have? i don't think so because on this occasion, i will provide some information that i know about why these people can become toxic on the internet over time, so let's discuss it carefully below :
1. Stress
Stress can make people toxic, as proven when people with high stress levels can easily do negative things when they accidentally come across things they don't like.
Well, it also applies when they might just want to relieve the stress in their minds on the internet, either by playing online games or opening social media, but instead they accidentally go with the flow by commenting on content that makes them itch to type and comment on it.
And in the end they end up contradicting each other and having different opinions, which of course leads to toxicity between them.
2. Lack of Love and Friends
People who have no compassion tend to be toxic, because most of them will seek attention., when they don't find attention in the real world, they will look for it in the virtual world.
Of course, those who don't know how to reach out to strangers on the internet will use the easiest way to get close to strangers on the internet, which is to become "toxic".
Why does being "toxic" seem to bring people closer ? it's because most "toxic" people will think that they don't need to hide anything and would rather talk without the need for censorship.
For them, when people see or hear the word "toxic" that they have thrown out, they think that they are one step ahead in making friends in virtual world, when in fact they are not.
In fact, being "toxic" will make it even easier for people to avoid you, which will be detrimental to yourself and others.
3. Unable to Accept the Situation
Well, this case may be a little different from the one above that I mentioned, because in this case it can be said that people can be toxic because some of them are unable or cannot accept the circumstances they are experiencing.
A few hours later, his friend John commented on the content created by Bob. John, who knew that Bob's animal had been kidnapped, commented like this: "Hey Bob, I feel like your animal might already have a new owner without your knowledge." (while providing a photo of his pet being captured by a stranger)
Bob, who saw the comment, was initially panicked and shocked, but because his thoughts continued to struggle because the comment containing the photo of his cat seemed to be slightly different, a few minutes later Bob commented “NO! How could someone take my animal? And also, where did you get that photo? It looks a lot like my pet, but I'm sure it's not him,” Bob said.
Here John tells the truth and still, Bob doesn't believe it. Then one day Bob accidentally said toxic words to John.
And because John was also not immune to Bob's words, he then replied to the toxic thing even more harshly, making their arguments filled with blasphemy/insults and even swearing at each other, and this continued all the way to social media.
Well, of course because of this, Bob couldn't accept the situation and tried to bomb toxic chat to people around him and on the internet itself.
Well, maybe that's all there is to it why can people who are prone to be toxic on the internet, thank you for reading.