The New Internet Trend Sweeping Its Way Towards Ireland: Trolls Beware

It’s the new internet craze… and it’s all about being nice.

What now?

Yup, we’re serious.

A craze for compliments is sweeping across Facebook in the US and Canada where students are setting up pages where users can give friends a boost anonymously.

The sudden fad of ‘cyber-graciousness’ on the other side of the Atlantic is in complete contrast to the trolling and negative comments the internet has become notorious for.

According to reports, four students at Queens University in Ontario, Canada, were the first to set up such a page for their school several months ago.

The idea quickly took hold among youngsters elsewhere and there are now nearly 100 groups on Facebook, all posting anonymous compliments to the universities’ students.

"Someone said something nice?!"

Anyone can write a complimentary mail about a fellow student and email it to the page’s inbox. The page’s administrators then post the comment on the wall, tagging the person for a feel-good comment.

One compliment recently posted on the Queens U Compliments page reads: “Sam Farkas is simply wonderful. Down to earth and kind.”

Another said: “Mark B Charette this man is the hardest working individual I know, he deserves some respect for always putting others before him. Never give up and keep being a bouss [sic].”

“There is so much negativity today, whether you see it on TV or in movies or even in just personal relationships. This is like a breath of fresh air,” one university lecturer said.

“I like the idea of having something other than cyber-bullying. This is cyber-graciousness.”

What do we think? Could this trend be hitting Ireland soon?