Virtual Bullying

Recently i saw a show where a boy committed suicide cause his classmates and Schoolmates would call him Gay for no reason apparently .. he didnt share it with anyone , not his friends outside school or his family or siblings for that matter. The boy was in Class 6th or 7th. It was extremely saddening how the child was ridiculed and he had to die.

I understand exactly what you mean. In the past few years, I have literally met countless people in IF. I happened to find some really good buds here, others did forget that they were speaking to a person, defending characters that don't exist. It is annoying, stupid and weird to those who are not aware of such stuff happening.  Edited by Savage - 12 years ago

I will be three year old tomorrow (i.e. in the most recent virtual janam) and I have not seen any virtual bullying. There was one incident where a person threatened a girl and said something like I will see you later as I am in office right now. That is the only post that I have reported based on action of an individual.

its like that - it has happened to me so it may not happen to me Ever.

Originally posted by: Savage

I understand exactly what you mean. In the past few years, I have literally met countless people in IF. I happened to find some really good buds here, others did forget that they were speaking to a person, defending characters that don't exist. It is annoying, stupid and weird to those who are not aware of such stuff happening. 

The sole reason why most people come to IF is to drool over their favorite TV shows which may be brainless as they come, but people spend a major part of their days here discussing em like it's just as important as the Indian government passing the yearly budget. D'oh. People behave in a very insensitive way, and that has disturbed me too. For me, it is a very trivial issue, now that I found some sensible people to be around on the internet. It is very important that we know that this place or any other social networking website or discussion forums aren't the end of the world. It is NOT right to forget that you maybe communicating through typing out stuff, but it is still reaching what you call a real person, and how they decipher your words is very subjective. 

Acceptance both in the real and virtual worlds matters to all of us today, but it is important that we implore ourselves to see sense before we get high on this and let acceptance and nonacceptance decide what we are and what we do. 

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Well I am sorry to hear that. I am just not clear on methodology of bullying in virtual world. I see bullying as a pattern where someone forces other to follow them or in this case share their view. However physical part is missing. It is not like they will come out of the computer to do anything so its words basically. Still maybe I am missing something.

Originally posted by: King-Anu

Well I am sorry to hear that. I am just not clear on methodology of bullying in virtual world. I see bullying as a pattern where someone forces other to follow them or in this case share their view. However physical part is missing. It is not like they will come out of the computer to do anything so its words basically. Still maybe I am missing something.

 

Thanks. You cannot bully a bull lol and that too a royal bull. nice topic.

Edited by Savage - 12 years ago

Thanks savage. Like I mentioned in suicide topic, some responsibility lies on the person being bullied or lets say his or her characteristics (nature, tolerance level etc) also derives whether they will be bullied or not. A person like summer laughs off many things and is very tolerant of other views while another person could take same post as bullying.

Virtual bullying is just as bad as real life bullying if not worse. A virtual bully does not have to worry about the ramificantions of his or her actions. At most, they will get banned from the board. Making a new ID takes less than five minutes on most message-boards. You can traumatize someone to the point of depression/suicide while hiding safely behind a computer screen. Users are under the misconception that harassing someone over the internet is not the same as doing it in real life. Just because you can escape the consequences does not lessen the intensity of the offense.
Edited by -Anarkali- - 12 years ago

Good topic nirvanlove. Virtual bullying happens on the internet world and it  affects the targeted person mentally. Whatever happens here should be left here. If one finds it hard to discard  the thought off  the mind, then understand that the bully was a loser who comes online to vent out it's frustration. Ignore that person..and go on with ur work! :)