SO… my faithful bloggy friends… over the last couple days you may have discovered that my blog was on “members only” status. Many of you already knew the reasons why. Although the story may seem complex, it came down to this…
My life is way too valuable to me for the important details of my life to simply become the open (uninvited) fodder for voyeuristic vitriol. What am I talking about?
Well, a seemingly random individual decided to troll my blog and leave an unfounded and toxic comment–under the “Target2” moniker. The commenter contradicted themselves by stating the following — and then turning right around and doing this (she has never met me): “When you malign and judge people without ever meeting them or truly knowing what they are going through, how is that being ‘real’. To me that IS hateful.”
(I know exactly “how” “Target2” found my blog because the WordPress Dashboard Stats showed me specifically what led her to my blog… the stranger question would be “why?”.)
Once I discovered who this person really was, I temporarily made my blog “members only.” That individual (although she was purposely previously blocked on my facebook) sent me a message via facebook and said that my changing this blog to “members only” indicated that I was a “coward.” Weird. That is completely non-sequitur. At any rate, because this anomaly took place, I took time to protect this valuable space that I have shared so much about my life within.
I will be sending many of you an email with the pass-code to access any and all of the posts from my blog over the last couple years. My life is way too good and valuable to me to allow toxic individuals to rent space in it.
OK friends. Send me an email if you did not already receive one to obtain the “key” for traveling the Bridges Blog.
Ugh, I’m sorry you got troll’d by that narrow minded jerk. Trolls are the bane of my life. Do what you have to do to keep yourself and your space safe & protected.
Haha I think this is my first comment although I do read your entries; is this what it took to get me to delurk? Shame!
-xands/dandyxands
does this mean i can finally stop saying the ‘f’ word?
Hey xands! Good to see you here! 🙂 And thanks. Not everyone will like us — even if they haven’t met us. However, like Rebecca said in another comment:
Their actions and beliefs are powerless and will
Never destroy your love
Never shatter your hope
Never corrode you faith
Never kill your friendship
Never suppress your memories
Never silence your courage
Never invade the soul
and can Never steal eternal life
Nor can they ever conquer your spirit.
~*~*~*~*~*
LOL!!! annie… you betcha!! 😀
Funny people. They say they hate you and hate everything you stand for but keep coming to the blog to read and leave nasty comments. If somebody doesn’t like something so much, they should not waste their time and effort to come back. Furthermore, they should go to places that make them feel welcome, understood, and that share their values.
Dace, thank you for taking time to drop in and leave this input. I often wonder why people who don’t a person, have never met a person, take time to hunt them down and harass… another of the mysteries of life!
Oh it goes beyond anonymous trolls. I had an online friend–5 years–who turned and stabbed me in the back for no reason, and dragged 2 of my now ex-friends in with her. She posted horrible things about me on her blog–lies, half-truths and it hurt like hell. And I thought, would she have done this to my face?
I just don’t understand mean people. I’m sorry it happened to you.
5 years? OUCH! Man! My heart goes out to you! How do we know who is safe? I guess it is always a risk to let people in on any level, right? Thankfully for the most part people are a healthy addition to our lives… but the times when people are toxic? We do what we must to restore safety and peace to our lives.