It sounds like you are trying to give honest, pragmatic advice, in which case your downvotes are unfair. However, usually when people give that particular advice what they&#x27;re really saying is that the bad behavior from other people is OK and that the person who feels bad because of it just needs to lighten up.<p>It&#x27;s sort of like when someone says, &quot;99% of humanity is too sensitive!&quot; The ONLY people who say that are people who go around pissing off other people on a regular basis and it never occurs to them that the problem might be with their own social skills and not 99% of humanity.<p>So, when someone&#x27;s response to someone else getting upset over jerks on the Internet is &quot;you should get thicker skin&quot;, it&#x27;s easy to jump to the conclusion that it&#x27;s coming from a troll rather than someone honestly trying to help a fellow adult. Based on this comment it sounds like you meant it in good faith and were just trying to help the OP out.