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What do you think about people writing offensive answers to Italki questions?

Asked by Jura on 06:53, 27/08/2008 - 284 views
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I love constructive criticism, I take all opinions onboard and learn from them. I also respect other peoples' opinions and enjoy reading from others who are strong minded and enjoy intellectual discussions that can arise from such confrontation.
What I don't have space for is downright rudeness and people who show no respect for others. Destructive of nonconstructive criticism is the worst form of "comment" and I try to brush such nonsense off my shoulder.
However, there is one problem for this site in particular. As people are learning languages, it's easy for them to misinterpret the +ive and -ive comments. And of course, easy for them to misword sentences that give off a signal that they may not have intended to give! How to be polite when using another language is a really big barrier for learners. In such a case, we should exercise a little patience and understanding.
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i think it is offensive
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if i saw them,i will feedback to the site
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That would be depended on their personality. I prefer not to think about 'em :p , we all saw this kinda people around us so we shouldn't be supprised when someone writes an offensive answer to a question
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If they use bad words or offend people on purpose,Just let it go.
Because the people who act like this are not desevered to response.
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I don't think. I just Flag them right away. (I flagged him, by the way, I know who you're talking about :)
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These are people with too much time on their hands. Also, they obviously have some issues. The good thing about online communication, though, is that you can just ignore them, which is what I usually do. There are plenty of nice people online and on this site, that deserve more attention than the jerks who cry for it (trough their childish, ignorant, or abusive messages).
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Hello Jura. Gosh you post a lot of questions and answers hehe.

I think there are two types of people who write offensive answers on italki. The first type is the insecure and cowardly bully who hides behind a computer screen and upsets people because he/she knows they are 'invincible' on the internet unlike in real life. They are annoyed that people here are having fun, making international friendships and learning so they try and ruin it for us. The second type is the close-minded and rude person who believes that they are always right, and everyone else is wrong. When somebody says something that they disagree with, they reply with offensive messages.

I think it is annoying when people write offensive answers on italki but I will not let them ruin it for us. We are here to learn and have fun and 95% of us do :D
answered 4 months ago
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We all live on a free world, we are free to say what we want even if it offend somebody else.
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villainy
answered 4 months ago
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it s freedom :) if they do it in good way
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Each base defects and flaws are this site italki
and require little brains ........... To benefit and learn
as well as freedom of opinion on the owners to reveal their personality and upbringing and morals
and their knowledge
... Laughter, and sometimes enjoy and also enthusiastic about
Proverb says
Take wisdom from the mouths of mad
I think they are insane
but there are good people, educated and civilized
Rejoice with them, friendship and respect
answered 4 months ago
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ti think they need to be mature**.......
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Theres no reason for it
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Hi Jura: If the offense is on purpose - very bad and whom stay as unpolite are them. I agree that sometimes when learning, something can be said wrongly and without purpose, so here tolerance is the key word. I do not agree with those that say that because this is a free world, anybody can say whatever, no way - first rule to live is to respect the others and never do something that you don't want for yoursel. Now Yura, we the grown ups, have to learn to deal with some unpolite people specially the youth now so irreverent, but we can tell them what is expected or not in the seek of politeness (at least). Anyway, the result is that everybody should disagree with offenders, right?
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People writing offensive answers to our questions make us exercise our patience. We find these kind of people almost everywhere. We must to learn how to manage them. We can just ignore them. We can try to understand why they behave like that. And, the most important, we can not let they dictate our humor. We can not give them the pleasure of achieving their goals and feel hurt by them. This is a specie of sadist and they enjoy make others suffering. We have the right of choosing our mood and we cannot allow them do that for us.
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