Merlin Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 (edited) Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet and related technologies to harm other people, in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner.Canada Similarly, a Canadian study found: 23% of middle-schoolers surveyed had been bullied by e-mail 35% in chat rooms 41% by text messages on their cell phones Fully 41% did not know the identity of the perpetrators. Source I have myself recently become a victim of cyber-bullying and am finally gaining the strength to come forward and face my tormentors directly. It's a shame so many have to suffer this abuse in silence and are to afraid to come forward and yell STOP! Amanda Todd took her own life as a result of bullying as have a number of other teenagers and people in general. it's terrible that people who hide behind a computer screen can wield so much power. The power to destroy someones life, the power to keep that person down, the power to drive that person to kill themselves. It's terrible and it's happening everyday, all around us. Even here on MLW. Not only directed at me but to others as well. Shameful. Anyone who thinks they are being bullied should tell someone right away. Don't wait too long, it can damage your psyche. Moreover, bullies can gang up on their victims on electronic pages more efficiently than they do in traditional bullying, since there is no limit to the number of people who can join in, following a bullying statement.[41] One possible advantage for victims of cyberbullying over traditional bullying is that they may sometimes be able to avoid it simply by avoiding the site/chat room in question. Email addresses and phone numbers can be changed; in addition, most e-mail accounts now offer services that will automatically filter out messages from certain senders before they even reach the inbox, and phones offer similar caller ID functions. Source This definitely can help people who are being bullied on forums like these. One solution is to avoid the forums altogether but in my mind that lets the bully win and reduces the enjoyment of life for the person being bullied. On the forums here and elsewhere their seems to be a pile on effect where as one person starts the bullying then others join in on the "fun" then their is a whole mob of people who are tormenting this one person on the forum. Still useful for me to include some ways to avoid being bullied here in this thread. Here is a great resource I found to help those who are experiencing cyberbullying or know someone who has. http://www.cyberbullying.ca/ Edited January 5, 2013 by Merlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 These statistics are interesting. What's your cellphone number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted January 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 These statistics are interesting. What's your cellphone number? Why do you want it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 So I can text message you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 So I can text message you. From a chatroom with a middle-schooler whose identity is not fully known? Seriously, replies like that only reinforce Merlin's schtick. If he ever did go to the media, it would be used as evidence of his claim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 The media cares that some anonymous forum poster asked another anonymous forum poster for their cellphone number? I highly doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Manny Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Give him the benefit of the doubt. Who cares anyway. His real name is neither Merlin nor Mr. Canada. Just call posts out as you see them, and let due process take its course. If he's like that douchebag Mr. Canada, he won't be able to resist outing himself eventually. He will inevitably misbehave. But if not, good on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 Give him the benefit of the doubt. Who cares anyway. His real name is neither Merlin nor Mr. Canada. Just call posts out as you see them, and let due process take its course. If he's like that douchebag Mr. Canada, he won't be able to resist outing himself eventually. He will inevitably misbehave. But if not, good on him. I'm not sure what you're talking about. I don't call Merlin Mr. Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punked Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 From a chatroom with a middle-schooler whose identity is not fully known? Seriously, replies like that only reinforce Merlin's schtick. If he ever did go to the media, it would be used as evidence of his claim. Yah you think this message board has more swing then it does. This isn't the Dailykos or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Manny Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 It was a general observation to those who do call him that. just sayin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubberMiley Posted January 5, 2013 Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 There really needs to be more threads about MrC/Merlin. He clearly needs more attention than he's getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbg Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yah you think this message board has more swing then it does. This isn't the Dailykos or anything. DailyKos is so far left and its positions predictable that it's more often ignored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubberMiley Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 DailyKos is so far left and its positions predictable that it's more often ignored. That's not true. They are only far left to those who are far right, who would naturally ignore them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Nate Silver got his start on Daily Kos. The readers are certainly on the left and their responses indicate as much, but the site certainly isn't far left. They're not calling for an overthrow of the current system here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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