Public Assumptions often lead to Bullying

simplyimaginarypeople:

I have seen a lot in this community; name-calling, anon
hate, malicious posts, hazing and bullying. And I just wanted to make it clear
that none of this is ever acceptable. It
does not matter what you assume the other person has done, there are ways to
deal with every issue that don’t involve publicly calling someone out or
inviting others to send them hate. And we all need to start considering, that we have no idea who the person on the
receiving end is. We don’t know their past, nor their present, we don’t know
their mental state. We have no idea how what we may say affects that person
to the point that we may also never know.

We all however DO know this community. We know that if one person calls someone else out that person is most
likely going to receive anon hate. And being aware of this makes it even
worse. You may not see what is happening behind the scenes but that doesn’t
make you any less responsible for the RL fallout of your post. We do not have the right to judge or assume
things about others. If you feel a tumblr is posting content that you do
not wish to see then please block them, and also please consider that if it
were something bad then tumblr would delete it and other simmers would also
stop following. You do not need to post it publicly. The issue is, you may be
interpreting things wrong and as such causing an issue where there is none. And
in the process affecting a RL person.

We all know that a lot of people on simblr use this place to
deal with demons, to escape from RL and that a lot of people here do also have
mental issues. We are all part of this community and we need to respect that we
can and never will know what is going on with each person. Maybe taking the
time to get to know someone before judging them off their content. When we publicly drop the name of a simmer
in a negative context, then no matter what they did, it is hazing to me. You
know the results, you know that person will be bullied, and that I believe is
on you. Please try to privately sort out issues, and please go through correct
channels if you think content is incorrect. But do not call a public bullying out on a person when you do not know
them. Nobody deserves that.

I have seen too many of these posts in the last couple of
years on here and as I know a lot of you, I have heard a lot about the RL
fallout that comes after. So, if you see a post calling out another simmer,
please consider sending them a message of support or at least informing
yourself on what they have been called out on. Do not blindly follow what you read, and never send another person anon
hate. You do not know what you may cause.

And to quote someone on here: I think working out your demons via writing is what a lot of people do.
Even a lot of people here in this community. What’s not okay is assuming that
just because someone wrote about something they support it. I mean, in that
case, every murder mystery author supports murderers, right?