Is it normal for the insecure and feeble minded to use the internet for this?

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This question is interesting, OP. An anonymous forum can bring out the best and worst in people. I'm newish- I've seen both sides of the coin and I've acted both ways.

It's easy to be incredibly honest and heartfelt here, to admit to things that you wouldn't speak about irl, to give honest advice. It's also easy to be incredibly sarcastic, to give little to no thought about how your comments would be perceived without the aid of tone of voice, facial expression...all the minutia of normal communication. I've been told more than once that I come of like a total bitch via text, but that I am really sweet in person.

There are just so many factors to take into account, the forum, the anonymity, the medium. I think it's better to take advice here with a grain of salt...things don't always come off the way they were intended, and you can't really be upset about being judged on a site where you are ultimately asking to be judged.

I see this happen a lot on forums and am often a victim of someone trying to boost their own ego. Even when I am perfectly polite to everyone and follow every single rule the forum puts up. This usually ends in me leaving said forum and finding a new one.

Usually to stick around you have to kiss ass to the oldest members and since I never do that I kind of just hang out and do my own things people seem to get threatened. I also often end up collecting friends very quickly and end up hitting the same status as some of the senior members but only been there about half the time.

So generally the seniors will try their hardest to get me kicked out which I guess is out of jealousy. They will go out of their way to send me harassing private messages, and post on anything and everything I write and say how stupid it is and often resort to using fallacy's such as band wagon logic, or Ad hominem or appeal to authority to win arguments when they feel the debate is just about over.

I was never sure why this happened when I tried so hard to follow every single rule on the forum and people still tried getting me kicked off. Often the moderates are very buddy buddy with the seniors and so the new members end up being the senior members bitches and I know most people would like it but I am not anyone's bitch. So if they hate me or not I am not going to bow to people I find to be incompetent egotists who need to say they are great to appear great as really they are insignificant worms.