I’ve had it with blog trolls, hateful e-mails, and the general idiocy that seems to overwhelm otherwise normal people when they connect to the Internet.
I just don’t understand it. Where is your humanity? Do you treat people you see in real life the way you treat me? Do you go out of your way to insult and belittle people? Is your life so miserable, so empty and meaningless, your self-esteem so low that you need to attack me? Honestly, what have I ever done to you? Really. What have I ever done?
Dealing with this shit has become a huge and unecessary distraction, so WWDN will not be updated for the near future while I finish “Just A Geek” and take care of some other RL stuff.
I just . . . I just need a break. In the meantime, check out the archives. There’s some stuff in there that I’m really proud of.
. . . I’ll be enjoying Channel 2’s TEAM COVERAGE of STORMWATCH.
Heh.
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Good for you Will. playa hatas simply suck ass!
ps – first poster….Dooda dooda!
First post and first time posting.
You will certainly be missed. *pout*
Well, I’ll miss reading your updates, Wil. And, I know what you mean by spiteful, stupid comments and emails that seem to come with having a blog. Maybe they should require a license to use the internet. 😉
Wow, I don’t know what happened, but you’re right, you don’t have to deal with shit from people online. I’ve noticed that too, the internet can often bring out the worst in people. Anyway, good luck with the book, I know how hard it is to get a book just the way you want it (from personal experience).
Boooooo!! Grab a monkey with a sense of duty and decorum and give them Moderator’s rights on the comment screens.
Don’t let the bottom 3% of the net’s population get you down.
“If you can’t say somethin’ nice, don’t say nothin’ at all.” — Thumper the rabbit
Who are all these people who have time to seek out other people to be rude to?
Brush them off, it’s not worth the hassle. I’m always amazed that one negative comment on my blog can outweigh 10 positive ones.
Looking forward to the book.
I’m sorry you have to put up with hateful people/email. Just remember there are more people who support you/admire you than who are… like that.
Well, you’ll be missed.
But I happily await the book. *s*
Wil, you hit it on the head when you said:
“Do you treat people you see in real life the way you treat me? Do you go out of your way to insult and belittle people? Is your life so miserable, so empty and meaningless, your self-esteem so low that you need to attack me?”
Most people who WASTE their time picking on others are so pathetic, it’s their only form of entertainment/human contact/self esteem.
They need therapy (or an a** kicking).
And remember, most people who like you don’t post things while the minority who are pissy-jerks feel the need to express themselves. All the time. I know there’s such a term as verbal diarrhea, how about virtual diarrhea?
The internet takes the face off people. They don’t feel like they’re as responsible for their actions, I don’t think, because the person they’re hurting isn’t *really* there.
The more I think about it, the more I wonder how good of a thing the internet is.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease, I guess. I like reading you and I’m sorry that I didn’t tell you that your posts made me happy until now.
I know what you mean, Wil. And I would do the same thing. I still think the good out-weighs the bad, though… At least I think so…
Hey wil – Check your hit counters! Then count the number of emails you get from those idiots. For every One of them, there’s probably 10 of us who quietly support you. Don’t let it get you down, and Don’t give up on us!
_Adam
I am not sure what went on but I’m sorry to see you go. It’s been a good experience to see the human behind the actor. I wish you the best of luck and I hope some day you decide to come back.
Hey, Wil. I’m the guy who sent you that copy of The Story of B a while back. I never thanked you for the kind note you sent in reply. I hope you enjoyed the book.
Just so you know, it’s not just you. Comment trolls and email a-holes are like a particularly virulent disease that the internet transmits with 100% communicability. I recently went through a bout of troll invasion so vicious that I almost deleted my own blog, and all because I dared to voice an unpopular opinion where others could read it, and didn’t hide behind anonymity. I wish I could dismiss the phenomenon of trolling with a flip, “It happens,” but that doesn’t acknowledge that trolling hurts. Even the criticism of total strangers hurts.
I come to your blog regularly, and though I rarely comment, I do enjoy reading your thoughts. My wife and I keep an eye out for your guest appearances on shows like The Screen Savers because of your blog. We look forward to your guest appearances, and you book. I imagine we’re like a lot of your readers: we really like you, and maybe we don’t do a good enough job of letting you know that.
Take a break, write your book, and disconnect from all the BS. It’s the best thing for you. We’ll be here if/when you come back.
Wil,
I understand that idiotic comments irritate and upset you. But doesn’t it seem to you that most people here care about you and shower you with warmth and support? Perhaps your decision to stop the updates is a result of your feeling overwhelmed, but that some part of you finds it preferable to blame the small number of jerks than to own up to your own feelings?
Cynthia
Wil, I just wanna say I love reading your weblog. I loved your character on ST:TNG, and I feel your pain on people sending spiteful e-mails … I have a weblog and feel it every day:
here’s one: http://spacemonkeymafia.com/weblog.php?entry=404
another one: http://spacemonkeymafia.com/weblog.php?entry=407
yup, another one: http://spacemonkeymafia.com/weblog.php?entry=408
more!: http://spacemonkeymafia.com/weblog.php?entry=473
What’s this? Another one? Yup!: http://spacemonkeymafia.com/weblog.php?entry=492
Things I do to deal with them:
1. insult them in my weblog
2. wrote some ban scripts so they can’t come to my site anymore, thus eliminating their ability to comment in my weblog
3. laugh at how stupid they sound in their e-mails (does anyone who sends insulting e-mails EVER sound intelligent?!?)
4. ignore ’em
Don’t let them win by quitting … ignore them and keep doing what you’re doing!!! FIGHT THE POWER [of idiocy]!!!
Yikes. Sorry that whatever happened did. Like others have said — you’ll be missed. Good luck with wrapping up “Just a Geek” and living in the real world.
Take care.
Probably a bit of both, Cynthia. Good call.
Good luck with the book Wil. I’m gonna miss you!
Is that the reason for the curt response to my post about your webcam in WWDN? Most of us here ARE your supporters. Well, I’ll miss seeing this site’s updates.
I’m really sad about this Wil. I really enjoy reading your update, though this is my first time commenting.
I respect your decision…I’ve had problems with trolls on my own site, though undoubtedly nowhere near the scale you would have to deal with. But I do want you to know that your thoughts will be missed by many.
Count me in the group who enjoys reading your updates, thinks very highly of you, but never posts or sends emails. Well…I guess until now. 🙂
Take care
me
And the stupidest part of the whole deal? Those same people are gonna e-mail back and harass you for making such a “whining” and “negative” post.
It’s too bad too, because the repetetive stupidity of 5% or less of people have a habit of ruining it for the rest of us. Ahhh I can’t blame ya Wil.
Good luck with your continued work on the book, I can’t wait!
That’s a shame Wil, one of the 1st sites I check dailiy when I kick the ‘puter on, is WWDN. Sorry to hear your getting so much shit….just got to remember, the world needs losers too, and sometimes they get riled up. Just ignore ’em like I do 🙂
I’m really sorry to hear that Wil. Some people are just a pack of bastards who’ll try to pick on other people because of their own inadequacies. I’ve only just found your blog and really enjoy it so I’ll be glad when it eventually returns. Oh and can’t wait to get “Just a Geek” in Australia.
I’m a lurker, too, but I love to read what you write, Wil, and I’m bummed you won’t be updating for a while. Don’t let the noisy bad apples get you down.
In this day and age in which we live it could hardly be described as conducive to a sensitiveness of the needs of others.We have built a wall of sophistication and hardness.Much of the world is calloused and indifferent toward his fellow man.
Abraham Lincoln once said…
“I am sorry for the man who can’t feel the whip when it is laid on the other man’s back.”
Wil,this is your site to do with as you see fit,allowing others through there actions to control this site is an injustice to you and a victory for them.
The positive *MOJO* faaaaar out weighs the negative *mojo*
Happy Troll Hunting—>
Hmph. I was directed to your site by a friend’s blog. He is presently taking a hiatus because of various financial and hatemail related reasons. Now I start to enjoy your site and you fall prey to the hatemail stuff. Phooey.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I’m another person reading your site, enjoying it and not spreading the trollness.
Quote of the moment, from a lecture given a few hours ago at my university by Salman Rushdie. On meeting Paul McCartney: “All I can say is that all the cool Beetles are dead”
I’m sorry that you won’t be updating, but I understand how the hate trolls can be annoying. Best wishes, good luck on your other endeavers, and remember that some of us read your page because we are fans of your work and find your posts interesting.
not that i have any personal experience with this but one of the sites i visit daily, other than yours, posts the hate mail and then writes replies to the sender and corrects anything they say incorrectly…. not really a way to solve the problem but might make you feel better even if you just do it in your head… this is what they get most excited about is making you go crazy because of them… anyways this is my first time posting so i will say i really like your site
Sorry to hear, Unca Wil.
Just remember that there are more people who like you then there are f*cknuts.
I wish I could say “Ignore them. They’ll go away, problem solved.” and be right. Truth is, people are f*cknuts.
Hope it works out for you. Stay positive.
I leave you with a quote:
“Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.” Mark Twain.
Sorry internet jerks got you down. I’ve been reading yr blog for months now but this is the first time I’ve responded.
It isn’t only the internet where people are nasty, of course. Since I started working in retail I’ve learned that people show their true colors in any situation where they feel there won’t be repercussions. That could be a faceless attack online, or that could be dealing with a clerk or a waitress whose job is on the line.
For what it’s worth, I see you as the kind of guy who’s always nice to the waitress. That matters a hell of a lot more than the silly internet penis-contests bad geeks get into. Man, when I die I don’t want a fancy obit that says I had this achievement or that acheivement, that I was really smart…I want a whole bunch of people standing around my grave feeling really bad that I’m gone. It’s like Jimmy Stewart’s line in Harvey–I’d rather be pleasant than “really, really smart.”
Those people, Wil, when they log off and shut up, all anyone’s gonna feel is relief. When you go, people miss you.
I’ve enjoyed reading your blog and hope things go well with your book! I’m looking forward to when you join us all again. Just know that there’s a lot more people rooting for you out here than you’ll probably ever realize.
Wil,
You are so right about the attitudes of some people when they get online. I have to deal with a lot of them myself because of my political and religious beliefs. I just wish those of us who truly support you could give you enough praise to compensate for those who are total jerks. I shall miss your updates and look forward to the day when you again keep us updated.
WilPower forever!
Trolls suck
Wil doesnt suck
I come here to read about wil. I like wil to be happy. If stopping posting to finish book because wil doesnt feel like dealing with jerks more power to him 😀
I too avoid places where I get personally attacked. *Note I do not avoid here*
Those people have as much time to hate people as I spend spreading happiness and nonesense. I wish there were more people like me.
*anti-webmeanies mojo*
Good luck, Wil! Everyone needs to shift the focus every now and then. We’ll certainly miss reading your updates, but we’ll be here for you when your ready to come back. We’re not all assholes, and we do care. Take your time and make a great book.
Wil,
Did you ever get the feeling that the people who are responsible for all the bad e-mails and such are just the “adult” version of the playground bully that chased all of us other kids around the school yard during recess? Or the ones that we had to look out for on our way to the bathroom, office or other errands that we did while we were at school.
I am one of the silent ones in the background that support you. I may not buy a lot of merchandise or agree with everything that you write about. I can say that most of the stuff that you do write about brings back a lot of memories. But I do understand your feelings and how hard it must be trying to juggle everything that you have going on right now.
I’m going to miss your updates and I can’t wait for your book.
~brice~
Wil — wow! I don’t know what happened, but I hope the negative email vibes don’t prevent you from working productively on the book — take it easy and let the creativity flow. We can wait . . . and, you seem to be BOTH smart and pleasant (see ‘dyfferent’ above).
Wil,
At the risk of sounding like a jerk, this isn’t a real thoughtful entry of yours.
Why give all the good people out there less cred than all the asshole spammers and trolls?
Lot more good karma out there among your fans than there are the jerks … you’re punishing everyone by the silence.
Still, do what you gotta do.
Don’t let the bastards grind you down, Wil.
I’m sorry it had to come to this, but we’ll all be here when you come back.
But things are starting to look up. Alan Greenspan just bitch slapped the Bush tax cut, spring training is just around the corner, and Willow has her happy back.
Will,
I for one am going to miss your updates. I’m sure like the vast majority of the people who come to your site look first to see if you’ve updated it, hoping that another fabulous story is there for us to read (it’s so easy to actually visualize your stories, that is so cool). Or, even better, is when you talk about your acting carreer. So many of us root for you to get a role so we can watch our head monkey practice his craft. It was way cool watching your movie on PAX and thinking back to your posts trying to remember what you might have been going through on that day of shooting (i.e. sore back).
Try and think like a politician, imagine the hate mail and b.s. they get everyday (know matter where you are on the political spectrum). They just have to let it roll off their back and move on. You too can do that (hard as it is). Hell, no politician in the world has as high of approval ratings as you have from WWDN supporters!
Please don’t let those those few bad apples spoil it for the rest of us. Or, if you prefer (and your mother will hate) fuck ’em! You have exactly one metric-ass-load of fans who love your stuff, and I for one look forward to the next update.
Hang in there,
Jer
that makes me sad cuz you’re a pretty cool guy… “blog trolls” as you so eloquantly put it are assholes and don’t have a life. they just need to relax and realize that everyone’s got their own thing.
I hope that this latest post was written in haste and exasperation. Wil, this site has reintroduced you to your fans, the true you. I would like to think too that we have been very supportive of you thru your career ups and downs, and we have laughed with you at the absurdities of life. Don’t turn your back on us because a few jackasses post something for shock value, or send ugly emails. That being said, I have a thin skin myself, and if someone started sending me hateful, profane email- it would hurt me. I guess you have to weigh the good of having hundreds of online friends against the bad of a very few degenerates. I am sorry that the bad won out.
Katie in TN
Go book! Looking forward to getting my copy.
Wil,
Take a break, the internet will be here when you get back 🙂 I know that when the faceless communications of the internet gets on my nerves nothing helps more then enjoying a night out, or quality time with the family (anything that doesn’t involve ASCII). That will restore your faith in humanity.
Peace
Well then, I wish you luck with your book! 🙂
Just ignore the idiots, eventually they’ll make their way to the bathroom and drown in the toilet.