The World of Cyber Space
So that you can maintain your sanity, you need to know how to deal with 5 of the most annoying people in Cyber Space. That is if you are keen to take your place among the successful entrepreneurs and make the most of every Blue Moon Opportunity that comes your way.
While the Internet is humongous in size, it is populated by people who have discovered a new-found freedom. Many express themselves in ways they wouldn’t be able to do if they were standing face to face with each other. Some of these annoying types are nothing more than time-wasters.
- According to Netcraft.com there were over 178 million websites online, in August 2008
- Miniwatts Marketing Group reports in the 2nd quarter of 2008, there were 1.5 billion users
- Google searches 1 trillion unique URLs daily
- Search Engines spider over 5 billion pages which are added daily.
Warning:
Humongeous as Cyber Space is, we find ourselves bombarded with five of the most irritating types of people. (And this completely ignores the unspeakable creatures known as ‘Spammers’.) Actually, we met a couple once, when they stayed at our place, Seachange Lodge Resort, in the tropical island nation of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific. Nice looking, clean cut, older teenage guys. Over a six-week period they managed to high-jack our email address and get it blacklisted for a time. It was only when they were spiked and suddenly jumped on the next plane out of Vanuatu, we learned what they had been up to. We even had a police car patrolling past our place looking for the guilty parties.
But we’re off the subject. Back to dealing with the most irritating creatures on the Web:
1. Cretin
First there is the Cretin who doesn’t have anything much of value to say. The Cretin likes to use buckets of foul language and seems as if he barely get out of bed in the mentality department. Too busy relating everything to sex. (Not that there is anything wrong with sex.) Luckily the Cretin is easily identifiable, so you can quickly beat the Cretin with the dreaded ‘Click Away’.
2. Lunatic
The Lunatic is also fairly easy to recognize and seems to be harmless enough. Occasionally you feel sorry for the Lunatic, who doesn’t appear to have an understanding of the rules. The Lunatic has no interest in anything logical and it seems everything a Lunatic says confirms the lunacy. However, the Lunatic may occasionally have a brilliant flash of inspiration, which some hold as being an eccentric. The eccentric may even have some out-of the-box idea which works - after all, that’s how we have the light bulb. Edison was in the eccentric class and many of his friends wrote him off. It is easy to skim read the Lunatic’s writing, looking for that rare moment of insight. It could be the one idea that makes your website rise up out from the crowd.
3. Moron
The Moron is a little bit harder to identify, as the Moron disappears into the crowd and appears to think like everyone else. The Moron will often say the right thing, but eventually you will discover there is a warped logic behind the words. It’s easy to get caught up in the Moron’s illogical way of thinking, so if what the Moron is saying doesn’t fit in with your logic, throw it aside. That is provided you know where you’re going.
4. Fool
The Fool doesn’t quite seem to be on the same page as everyone else, constantly sticking his/her foot in the mouth. The Fool can’t keep focused and is very easily bamboozled. The Fool doesn’t have a creative thought, or original idea and is expert at wasting your time, particularly if he/she is trying to sell you something of little or no value. The Fool can be of use, however, if you are looking to have a laugh. Like the Cretin, the Fool is easily identifiable and a laugh a day, helps maintain your sanity.
5. Dummy
The dummy is also easily muddled and quickly gets lost in Cyber Space, with the hard-to-get-a-handle-on language, that Internet gurus just seem to have to use. The dummy wants everything explained in simple and easy to follow instructions, with NO STEPS MISSED OUT! Internet experts (squirts under pressure) have little tolerance for the so called, lesser intelligent Dummy.
While you may get annoyed with the Dummies, don’t bash them to death. Their questions often identify something you still need to learn. No matter how far you journey in Cyber Space, there is always another area where you will be the Dummy.
Then there is You.
Now, having sorted everyone else out, how about you? You are a mixture of all of the above and can be any one of the Annoying Five at any point in time. You and I can face any of the above situations at any point in time. Nothing is ever secure in Cybre Space.
You and I sound and act just like them. You have your own stumbling blocks to get over. There is only one pathway to the Summit of Success in Cyber Space. It is paved with Discipline, Patience, Passion and Perseverance.
On your journey to sucess, there will always be others ahead of you and others behind you. When you trip over the five most annoying people, go around them and move quickly on. Keep yourself locked into your own goals and ambitions. If you are prepared to stick with your dream long enough, you too will take your rightful place as a successful Internet entrepreneur, in spite of the irritating people around you.
Its easy to think of a lot of people we know personally who fit into these categories. After reading this you will be amazed at how much easier they are to spot.
You can find out more about the author and a genuine Blue Moon Opportunity at http://winaresort.com
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