Being attacked for Misunderstanding

So I logged in shortly before maintenance to a question being asked by someone about the Jobs you can obtain and if it was easier to level as a job rather than a class.

Someone responded that "Soul Stones give stat boosts" It may be the lack of sleep or the fact that I just logged into this character today after a long absence but I replied that they don't give any Stat boosts.

My line of thinking was that this person was saying that there were stat bonuses on the Soul Stone item itself and I was trying to correct them. Such as when you mouse over a piece of equipment and there are stats scripted on the data box.

Well apparently everyone else didn't misunderstand and I was the odd one out.

I'm aware that when you equip a soul stone you "GAIN" stat bonuses. That the stats are not listed on the item itself. From the way they typed it it seemed like they thought there were actually visible stats on the item. And then I became a target of being attacked by several people and ridiculed for my misunderstanding even when I tried to explain it.
I won't name any names to respect the players, even though they showed no respect to me.

This is a very similar attitude that was displayed in that Viral thread over on the WoW forums, in how I was being made fun of for misunderstanding someones statement and being degraded thinking I don't know anything. When will this stop? Why do people see it fit to target one person for a misunderstanding and attack them for it.

Of course. This happens on message boards. People feel good about themselves by bashing others for anything they can... opinions, spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.

It's the internet and people love living behind their personas and avatars. There's no repercussions for being a complete tool to people, not just in FFXIV but internet wide. They would never say the things they say to people in the real world. Anyways all that aside, you just have to be the bigger person and get over it/ignore it. They're probably not people you would want to invite to a party down the road, little things setting them off and such. General consensus is probably avoid all /shout conversations as people are bored between FATEs and looking for an argument.

i didnt know soul stones gave stats either..