Online Bullies

[Richie]

I don't understand how people can say they're being bullied online. Any social networking site / forums have the option to block a user. Fair enough people may see pictures of yourself and insult you but it's your fault for letting them get those pictures. At the end of the day it's the internet, so people thinking they're being bullied should 1) block the user bullying them 2) move onto a different website. I'm just telling you up straight, if someone genuinely gets upset over something side on a website like habbo they really need to sort themselves out.

[CaptainAce$$]

Thanks for all your comments.

P.S - I wrote this thread not for myself but to see what others think about this topic.

[Vause]

This whole thing angers me. People bully online, in my opinion, to get attention and make themselves look the hard man. I'm not saying that's always the case but 9 out of 10 times people bully to look good in front of their friends. If you're being bullied online there are things you can do to help and prevent this. But the easy way is just to ignore it. Laugh it off and leave the person/people causing you problems see you're not bothered, they'll soon get bored.

[CaptainAce$$]

This whole thing angers me. People bully online, in my opinion, to get attention and make themselves look the hard man. I'm not saying that's always the case but 9 out of 10 times people bully to look good in front of their friends. If you're being bullied online there are things you can do to help and prevent this. But the easy way is just to ignore it. Laugh it off and leave the person/people causing you problems see you're not bothered, they'll soon get bored.

I agree so much with what you said.

Also people say oh when you've been bullied it's not always good ect.. But it's not always all doom and gloom either is it.
Yes some people might have problems but people get over them. Its when they get over them and get on with their lives that I am talking about getting the last laugh. Yes bullies might not care that your finally free from them because they'll find another victim to pick on but who cares about the bullies? If any of yous have really been bullied, you'll know that once you accept yourself for who you are, your getting the last laugh on them bullies because you haven't let them ruin your life.

[FlyingJesus]

Attention everyone: if you haven't been the one doing it you cannot accurately speculate on the reasons that others act in a certain way. Unsourced pseudopsychology has no place in the real world and no, "it's just my opinion" will not cut it if you're blatantly wrong

[Vause]

Attention everyone: if you haven't been the one doing it you cannot accurately speculate on the reasons that others act in a certain way. Unsourced pseudopsychology has no place in the real world and no, "it's just my opinion" will not cut it if you're blatantly wrong

hence why i said "it's just my opinion". i never said i was right, but i never said i was wrong. nobody will know what goes through the minds of the people who feel the need to make other people feel so down about themselves.......

[scottish]

boredom, usually.

[FlyingJesus]

hence why i said "it's just my opinion".

Wow you even come out with that point after I specifically said it's not a good one, brilliant. Here's something to think about: if something has hard facts behind it, there is no such thing as opinion concerning it. It's like if you wear green and it's literally just because you think that colour suits you then someone says "nope I think it's because you're dissatisfied with the lack of natural colouring in your surroundings" that is not them having a valid opinion, it is them being wrong.

nobody will know what goes through the minds of the people who feel the need to make other people feel so down about themselves.......

Well actually yeah I think the people who do it will know, which was kinda my point.

[Catchy]

Alright, so people who bully you online think they can hide behind a computer screen but the question is, why do something so low? Why on purpose target people to spitefully hurt them. It's a complete waste of time because the person who is being bullied always get's the last laugh.

This is hardly ever the case, there are people from Habbox who have been bullied and have left Habbo now yet they're still laughed at by people and jokes are constantly still being made out of them. I don't see how that's getting the last laugh.

Those who are bullied are bullied for there looks, how they act and for being different. They have the last laugh because they are the ones who get the best things in life once they have over come the bullying.

There's no evidence to support your statement so sorry I consider that to be void.

In many cases, cyber bullies are victims of bullying themselves be it online or not. They feel powerful behind the screen where they can intimidate others. Often by getting together in groups of others to target a specific person.

Maybe true in some circumstances but I can tell you now it's usually not the case, cyber bullies usually don't do it to make themselves seem 'hard' or good on the internet. They usually just do it because they get a laugh out of it and when everyone is joining in it's not easy to not conform to your friends behaviour. Jumping on the bandwagon shall we say.

i dunno what this thing is with "oh they'll bully you online but they won't say it irl" lemme tell you, if i say it to you online i would say MUCH WORSE to yr face. just summat the bullied like to protect themselves with tbh.

---------- Post added 22-04-2012 at 09:51 PM ----------



well this is rubbish.

Yeah I guess this is true sometimes, it depends really. I do believe it's a lot easier for some people to say things online rather than real life because all you can get back is words on a screen where as if it was real life you never really know what you're going to get back. I guess it depends on the person really.

lmao innit. it's so easy to block and ignore people online (compared to real situations anyway) that i'm sometimes surprised some people are being bullied online for a prolonged period of time. but i guess some people either don't know how or believe that whatever they do won't stop the bullying.

Like @FlyingJesus; said it is really easier said than done, when there's a big group of users picking on someone it can seem like they're never going to live it down.

It's not difficult to stand up for yourself online and quite frankly if you keep your personal life under your wraps no one will have any ammo to bully you for in the first place.[/B] For instance when I was an active Habbo user there was very little anyone could take the piss out of me for as the reality is, they knew nothing about me. Infact I could say that about people on here too, only a few people know me well on here so no one really stands any chance of "bullying me" as it simply wouldn't be relevant. Of course if they did I could quite easily stand up for myself. It's not difficult to be confident and confrontational online is it?

And if they were to cause me agitation I could simply ignore them, all social networks, forums etc have ignore/delete settings and if worst came to worst, it's not difficult to create a new identity for yourself online.

I don't believe for a minute people in real life get bullied because they deserve it (or at least in most cases) but the people I've seen get bullied on here over the years have all deserved it. It's the pretentious, annoying ones who reveal too much about themselves who have been bullied on here over the years and they've all deserved it. It's not like in real life where the quiet, weird or socially inept ones are picked on.

Depends on the person really, personally I give as good as I get and if someone tries to 'bully' me online or says snide comments about me I either ignore it, laugh it off, or it just doesn't phase me. One of the other. Some people aren't like that though. Oh and the thing about people deserving it well there's been loads of Habbox users who've been picked on because of the way they look, why shouldn't you be able to post a picture of yourself and get nice comments? Even if you're not very good looking or whatever, nobody deserves harsh comments about the way they look so I don't see how they can deserve it? It's not their fault for being ugly. Sure they could not post a picture but they might not think they look bad, they might have no idea? Plus I highly doubt people would go around calling randomers munters to their face and picking out every fault in real life.

Anyways personally I don't think there's a particular reason that online bullies most people are quick to say "yh they must have been bullied" or "they must be an angry kid in real life" usually this isn't the case, sometimes people just get involved with groups who do bully people online (whether they know they do or not) and usually just conform to it.

I'm not no saint or anything and I've done my share of online bullying when I was younger and to be fair I did it because I seen other people doing it and sometimes it'll be funny seeing the reaction I'd get off people. I don't shout it off the rooftops because it's not something I go around raving about but it is a part of my past and I can't change that in anyway.

[CaptainAce$$]

To the above user, read the post above yours that I have made. Then you will see how it's getting the last laugh.