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The more haters you have, the more successful you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

DOWNLOAD PDF ESSAY: On Haters<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dear friend,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an essay on ‘haters’. I will attempt to psycho-analyze the mind of a hater, why haters hate, and how we can respond to haters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why do haters hate?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This is my theory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haters hate in order to feel more powerful.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I don’t necessarily believe that all haters have low self-esteem. Haters often hate in order to increase<\/em> or augment their self-esteem. There can be haters with low self-esteem, medium self-esteem, or even high self-esteem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this is always the problem with haters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haters judge their own self-worth by comparing themselves to others.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Thus inherently, a hater is a small person. They cannot independently create their own self-esteem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Be glad if you have haters!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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First of all, this is a simple idea:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can judge your level of success by the number of haters you have.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If you have no haters in life, it probably means you live a very boring or uneventful life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Average or generic people don’t have haters. Why? Because they don’t do anything or say anything that ruffles the feathers of others. I call this type of person a ‘sheeperson’ (sheep+person). They are harmless; nobody is threatened by them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In life, we want to be wolves or eagles; not a sheeperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love the internet.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I love the internet. To me, it is the best invention of all-time. It has given us unlimited access to thrive in life; in terms of information-access, as well as our ability to publish and share ideas and knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, there is this false notion that the internet is full of (mostly) trolls. This is false, because the internet is full of EVERYONE<\/em>. But generally most people “lurk” (don’t leave comments on the internet). Most of us simply use and consume the internet; we don’t really care to leave comments on YouTube or random internet websites or blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do we think the internet is over-represented by trolls or haters?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Who leaves a comment? Generally an extreme person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if you watch a YouTube video, the two types of people who usually leave comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n