Over the past couple of years, Netflix has released a few documentaries dealing with a person or persons who has done some dirty deeds, (done dirt cheap), to some person or peoples. In a few of these docs, it has involved situations in and of the internet and content creators who got screwed over.  
 
No matter what the medium, (internet of not), I believe it is always a sad state when someone says or does anything bad that hurts the life of someone/anyone else. Don’t you feel the same way? This is especially the case when it involves children or adolescents, as it does in this most recent doc I have been viewing. I always scream, “Leave the kids alone!”
 
As we all know, the internet is this undefined/uncharted playground. There are all these things going on. Some people, since its inception, have found a way to make it a high paying cash earner. While others have had their lives destroyed by it—even after they earned a lot of cash.
 
Though I was part and parcel of watching the internet evolve. I was ridings its train since it began.  But still, I have very little true knowledge about its inner-workings. Sure, I’ve had my website(s) up forever. And sure, I’ve dove deep into some of the platforms. But, I’ve never made any large sums of money or anything like that. And, when someone has attacked me online, I’ve never really saw any recourse.
 
Though some of the other docs I’ve seen, that involve the internet, have portrayed how the lives of some people have been destroyed, more so than the one I am currently watching, it is still very clear the pain that can be unleashed. And, I’ve spoken about this in the past.
 
It’s kind of like one of those things, if you don’t know about it, (the harsh words or the damage or the whatever), then, you don’t know about it. Ignorance is bliss. But, if you do. You see/you know the pain it has instigated.
 
I’ve mentioned her in the past, but I knew this one sweet young lady whose boyfriend began to trash her online after they broke up and a lot of people, believing his lies, went after her. She wasn’t very strong, and she took her own life. Very sad. Whatever happened to that guy, I don’t know. But, his karma, leading to his destiny, has to be very-very dark.
 
In all of these docs, and in the life experiences I have experienced, the people doing the bad stuff have their motivations. Isn’t that always the case of life? People do what they do either not taking the other person into consideration or not caring about the damage they cause as long as they get whatever it is they want.
 
Okay… We all know this kind of negative whatever, via the internet, goes on. But, here’s the thing… Yes, there are bad people who say and do bad things. That has always been the case of life. But, you do not have to be one of them. You do not have to be the person that takes or partakes or hurts.
 
I know, in my life, when someone has done something positive to turn the tides of negativity around, I am always very thankful. Whether I know them or not, or ever will personally know them or not, I forever hold an appreciation for their actions. And, this should be the model for all of us. Don’t not partake in the hate.
 
We can only do so much to control the world out there. But, the one thing that we do have control over is to make everything we do based in the positive, the helpful, the caring, and never the hurting or the negative.
 
So, let’s keep this as our mantra, “Help not hurt.”
 
When you see or hear something negative going on, on the internet or elsewhere, don’t let yourself get sucked into it. Avoid it! And, if you can, turn it around with some positive words or actions.  Because positivity, caring, and good always makes everything better. Remember, “Help not hurt.”