I know a friend that took trolling too far. I'm naming that person X. X envied someone so badly, who I will label as Y, that he created multiple fake accounts to get to Y. On the first fake account he made, he sent hate messages and comments to the person Y. The person receiving the messages simply blocked X and went on with his life normally. On the second account X made, he pretended to be a girl, and gained Y's friendship and trust. He asked Y to meet him at a location, and when Y came, X and his friends were there to embarrass Y and make fun of him.
To me that situation seemed really insensitive and made me look down on my friend X. He went too far and didn't have boundaries. It revealed how insecure and troubled friend X is with himself, that trolling and dragging another person distracted him from his insecurities and makes him feel better. What disgusted me the most was how till this day friend X still talks about the situation with pride and he thinks it's funny. It was none of my business so I thought I shouldn't get involved, but now looking back do you think I should have?
-Narmeen Ayoubi
If you knew exactly what he was doing and planning then yes, you should've intervened. X publicly humiliated Y and not helping Y is just the same as helping X. It may not have been your business but if someone were to do the same thing to you, would you want someone else to think the same thing?
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