I once decided that I should spend less time arguing online, so I collected a few pieces of advice for myself that I try to obey. 1. "People are allowed to be

I once decided that I should spend less time arguing online, so I collected a few pieces of advice for myself that I try to obey. 1. "People are allowed to be wrong on the internet." It's not my job to correct people who are wrong. There will always be more of them. 2. "One and done." Don't get into back-and-forth arguments. I try to limit myself to one post on a topic and then do my best to remain silent. I don't always succeed, but I try. Some people simply cannot be wrong and no amount of back-and-forth will make them change their mind. Let them have the last word. 3. "You might be the one who is wrong". Tying into #2, if you engage in back-and-forth's it easily becomes a game where you have to prove you're right. If you shut up and listen after saying your piece, you might actually find yourself more willing to consider other points of view. 4. "Political issues usually lack easy answers." If you're talking about politics, remember that political opinions are highly dependent on a person's point of view. What may appear dead wrong from your point of view may be correct from another point of view. If an opinion is unequivocally correct from all points of view it's probably not going to be politically interesting or controversial.