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There are ways to block would-be cyber-bullies, but as long as you're on the internet, they can always find another way to contact you. With that said, I think some people should definitely learn to use ignore functions, but in #eoff people with delusions of online-self-grandeur annoy me so I kick them.
That, or I just like kicking people.
Our big class project last year in CIS was to give presentations to middle schoolers about online safety and cyber bullying. I doubt it really changed the stance that any of them had on it.
I've never even heard of this term.
I have heard of this term. My solution to bullying in school was to beat up the bully; my solution to bullying online is to beat up the bully. Do you really think that you and your friends could get away with making fun of me? Really? I'll find a way to get rid of you, and it won't be by me using the block button...
I've never really understood how people can be cyber-bullied. Since people treat each other like crap because they can pretend there's no one on the other side of the monitor why can't they pretend there's no one talking back to them? Just pretend it's a poorly written website with lame jokes and move on.
The emotional and physical implications of real-world bullying are so far removed from cyber-bullying it's hardly even worth comparing them. If someone has killed themselves over cyber-bullying I would like to proclaim the ultimate in weak sauce.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kentarou
Oh no, he quite did. He could have stopped taking the bus. However, what got him wasn't the fact that he couldn't avoid it. It was the simple fact that people could express such unwarranted hatred towards him for the hell of it. It's a concept some people just can't get, that they can't handle, and then that happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roto13
If I've ever been cyber-bullied, it didn't leave much of an impression on me because I don't remember it. I am a frequent user of block/ignore functionality, however.
Cyber-bullying is a lie spread by newspapers and bleeding-heart educational committees. Getting bullied over the internet is easily stopped by blocking the offendants, or, you know, disconnecting from the mothersmurfing internet. If somebody sends me a flame PM or says I look gay in one of my Youtube videos, I attempt to care, I really do.
Some girl at our school was crying because some guy said she was 'Cheese' and had a big forehead.
Emotions are for WUSSIES.
First time i actually agree with you..Quote:
Originally Posted by Sagensyg
I'd better lie down..
Weaksauce, perhaps. But that's no reason to insult the hell out of them under any medium, if you ask me.
:jokey: That's how it starts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerith's KnightFirst time i actually agree with you..Quote:
Originally Posted by Sagensyg
I'd better lie down..
Wait till you get that headache. ;)
It isn't always a message sent directly to the victim, there's tons of cases where the bully makes a web page (usually a myspace profile nowadays) pretending to be the victim, and says things that may damage their reputation. They'll take pictures of them in the locker room and post it online, and smarter bullies have hacked into livejournal accounts to print out private entries and spread them around school. Or just make them up :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Flying Mullet
I haven't witnessed too much of this happening in my school, luckily n.n
You kick me all the time. ;_;Quote:
Originally Posted by o_O
Anyway, I've seen lots of it. I've even done it, but to people that deserve it, like bullying back the bullies. I try to do something about it if I have the power. But Greyskull doesn't always hear my call. ;_;
LOL PRETTY SNEAKY SISQuote:
Originally Posted by I Took the Red Pill
Cyberbullying. OMG I love sensaitonalist terms like that. There's been "cyberbullying" since the internet started. We just called it trolling.
If you ever start to take some random anonymous's words on the internet seriously, then I think acquiring some some UV rays is in order.