Cyber Bullying

Usually when you stop someone from commiting suicide, it's not because you are a selfish bastard, is just because, in most cases, the person needs help and will be able to overcome his pain in the future.

You really come off as someone who knows what he is talking about, good job.

Well surely then it is real bullying. Which brings me to the point I wanted to make; there is no such thing as cyber-bullying; it's just bullying. The sooner people appreciate that and stop going on about how their online life was ruined or that this is some sort of new phenomenon, the better.
Of course, i'm no expert; the only experience i've had of cyber-bullying is being accused of it once back in secondary school. Somehow, I managed to make the teachers and 'every child matters' bloke laugh when they called me in about it, so it can't have been that bad. I was off the hook at least. And frankly, the guy sort of deserved everything he got for not confronting me about what I said. I'm a decent enough person to have sorted it out, or at least that's what i'd like to think.

I read this TIME article about it once that basically said exactly what I am trying to say, except better.

TIME article? The news is not trustworthy about this kind of stuff. You have to decide for yourself based on yourself and other's experiences.

Also, I think we all understand cyber - bullying is just bullying. Its not some new phenomena, its just a new category for a new type of insults and bullying.

It was a very good TIME article. One of the best I've read actually. It was a few months ago though so I doubt I will be able to find it. If there is one news source I trust, it is TIME.

You shouldn't trust any new source when it is talking about these kinds of things. They are hopelessly biased and uninformed. Once again, just trust to personal experiences and all will be well.

They are hopelessly biased and uninformed? Out of all the articles I've read an watched on TV about bullying, all but a few completely overreact and basically go all apeshit on stopping bullies. Only a few actually take my side of view. One of those is TIME. Fun fact: The amount of people being bullied is at the same rate is was in the 70's...

Could you link us to it?

To be on topic, I find that even though bullying is, as you claim, in the same rates as the 70's (though probably less tolerated) it is still an issue that needs to be addressed. Most of the time, however, the people being bullied can take measures to prevent their own suffering, especially in the case of online bullying.

So the only reason you like them is because they take your side?

Which happens to mean biased....

And the rates of bullying don't really matter, bullying was still a problem in the 70's too. But people were more worried about Vietnam and nuclear war.

They don't take my side on everything. Hell they don't take my side on a lot of things. I still find them to be a reliable source.

It doesn't matter anyways, I don't care if TIME took your stance on an issue. That has no relevance to this discussion.

What i think mosh is trying to say is that blocking some one is not relevant in some cases of cyber bullying, like when someone uploads nudes of you or something similar.

Exactly. Cyber bullying sometimes doesn't just effect your internet life, it also effects your real life, as well as your friends and other people's opinions of you. If enough people think somethings true, you will lose friends.

It's exactly the same as normal bullying but more convenient and the people are bolder. I don't care about normal bullying either. The only way to really legitimately make things like this better is just to do your best to do what's right, and maybe if you inspire a few people and they inspire a few people you'll have made everything your life touches a little bit better for people who don't have the social skills to defend themselves.

OH OH I thought up a super neato anti-bullying advert. It'll be a poster of someone jumping offa super high building, and in captions it'll be all "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words just might kill me."

I would be sick at government propaganda.

Well if we are dealing with students from school uploading nudes will usually violate child pornography laws since most people who are students in school aren't over 18. If we are talking about beyond middle/high school such as the workplace or college that would technically violate privacy laws and the person who was in the nude picture could sue. And yes many law enforcement agencies have the ability to track the IP address of where the photo was uploaded.

Honestly, I'm no doctor-dude, but most bullying starts from the bullyers home where the mental and financial stability is out of sync and the children (usually) don't have anyone to go to.

Then they affect the more socially awkward children who wouldn't have as many defendants and are more easily made fun of. Such as Nerds, freaks, and screw-ups.

Then Bullyed child either: A. Emotionly explodes and kills themself, or B. deal with it because language is just a form of violence that, though they may not have an easy time trying to, is easily healed through talking to other people that may have gone through it and came out better.

But, again, I'm no doctor-dude.

Dude, of course they do. Hell, if the pictures were put on these forums the MODS could track the IP. Not to mention usually a username and email adress are with the person who uploaded it And uploading it on facebook is like asking for a fine/jail time.

There aren't any really clear definitions for those terms

Well pointin out names would be cyber-bullying. and that's contradictory.