Cyber Bullying

[Sinful Orchid]

Cyber bully victims 'isolated, dehumanized'

Um...I'm not really sure what to say to this. I honestly never let any insults over the internet get to me. When I was younger, I did get pissed at things right at that moment when someone said something to me or get caught up in a debate, but I never got depress over it; however, there's those things that happened with a member from this forum (Foxx and Todd know who I'm talking about) that did creep me out at times and made me depress (but stalkers tend to do that to ya).

Though someone from school bullying me over the internet or anyone for that matter? I'd just block 'em and be done with it. Yes, there's Facebook now, but you can make it where your photo and name are private on there and people won't be able to find you when they search for you. Hell, even if they do find you, that block future on FB works really well.

If it's in a forum, I think some have a ignore list (maybe a block one). Email has it where you can block people, and so does messagers. But back to the forum, even if it doesn't have a ignore list, talk to the admin, and if they care about their members, they will do something about someone messing with you (if they are a decent admin, like I said).

In real life, bullying is hell and depressing. It does hurt, especially when teachers don't do shit about it (yes, I've seen it happened so many times), but on the internet? I don't know. I guess if someone already deals with enough crap and real life and come home on the internet to get away from the world, only to be smacked in the face with more shit. I guess I can see how someone can get depress over cyber bullying.

Ah well, I'm just rambling. What's your thoughts on this?

[Jade Toast]

I agree that cyber bullying can be dealt with with by blocking, ignoring them, or banning them.

I was one of the unlucky ones that did get bullied at a Mortal Kombat forum, and the administrators was using the excuse that the bullies were having a hard time in real life with work and school, so I just left, but I was not depressed about it.

[Sinful Orchid]

Those admins sounded like dumbasses. I had to banned a member because he was bullying a another user, and I had to banned a stalker because he was attacking my members here and he used to be a very good friend of mine. You don't come in here and take you personal problems out on my members, so yeah, if anyone is messing with you here, you let me know. You don't have to worry about the members that are now here doing that to you though.

["Wildfox" Meta S. Foxx]

Oh the topic of cyber bullying. Will this shit never end.

Actually, just reading that article reminded me of a cyber bullying case that happened in my neck of the woods four years ago on the 17th of this month! Have any of you guys ever heard of the suicide of Megan Meier?

[Jade Toast]

Oct 5, 2010 16:57:21 GMT -8 Sinful Orchid said:

Those admins sounded like dumbasses. I had to banned a member because he was bullying a another user, and I had to banned a stalker because he was attacking my members here and he used to be a very good friend of mine. You don't come in here and take you personal problems out on my members, so yeah, if anyone is messing with you here, you let me know. You don't have to worry about the members that are now here doing that to you though.

Thank you, it's one of the reasons I signed up here. This was a nice quiet forum run by smart people.

Actually, just reading that article reminded me of a cyber bullying case that happened in my neck of the woods four years ago on the 17th of this month! Have any of you guys ever heard of the suicide of Megan Meier?

No, but I did hear of a girl that killed herself not too long ago because she was being bullied over the internet, and then there was that guy that killed himself because his roommate recorded him kissing another man. Sorry, I don't know any of their names. I just remember seeing these stories on the news.

[Sinful Orchid]

The one about the guy I read on CNN news: Teen Male Jumps Off George Washington Bridge

The only girl I heard about killing herself is Phoebe Prince

"Nine teens have been charged in the "unrelenting" bullying of a teenage girl from Ireland who killed herself after being raped and enduring months of torment by classmates in person and online"

That kind of bullying makes me want to punch somebody.

Edit: I looked up Megan Meier

["Wildfox" Meta S. Foxx]

The Megan Meier case is a local horror for me. It happened in the county to the northwest of mine, and got widespread attention all across the St. Louis area. Since Orchid brought up the link, take a look at it. Read the entire thing! If that doesn't sicken you to death, I don't know what will.

[Jade Toast]

Oct 7, 2010 17:48:15 GMT -8 Sinful Orchid said:

The only girl I heard about killing herself is Phoebe Prince

Yes, that's the one I was talking about. That's awful what they did to her.

I just read about Megan Meier. That one is horrible too and she was only 13 years old.

["Wildfox" Meta S. Foxx]

Oct 9, 2010 18:11:00 GMT -8 Jade Toast said:

Oct 7, 2010 17:48:15 GMT -8 Sinful Orchid said:

The only girl I heard about killing herself is Phoebe Prince

Yes, that's the one I was talking about. That's awful what they did to her.

I just read about Megan Meier. That one is horrible too and she was only 13 years old.

And the sad part is the culprits were tried soon after, but were acquitted a year later. Our justice system...

[Sinful Orchid]

Here's a case similar to Meier's: How a cell phone picture led to girl's suicide

The girl was very young and she hung herself in her bedroom. CNN had this posted a few nights ago. Man, seems like this is becoming a common thing now. I hope the ghosts of these poor souls came back and haunt these asstoads (bullies).

["Wildfox" Meta S. Foxx]

Why don't schools get bullying? It's like they think it's something that kids just do and it's absolutely nothing. And what is with kids that get themselves into these situations? There really needs to be something done about this on both ends of the spectrum. Someone needs to step up and make an attempt to put an end to this.