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It says that internet bullying is harder to ignore, but I'm not sure that is always the case. With classroom bullying, there is no way to avoid it. If the bulli

It says that internet bullying is harder to ignore, but I'm not sure that is always the case. With classroom bullying, there is no way to avoid it. If the bullies are in school, they will bully you, and it is difficult for children to learn the skills to deal with it. In contrast, it is easier to learn to avoid the chatrooms where the trolls hang out. (The article mentions bullying on your facebook page, but that is very easy to fix with facebook's privacy settings). The other thing about internet bullying is that it's much easier to get evidence against the bullies. A few years ago someone is our small rural town was charged -- and convicted -- of libel when they defamed someone on a facebook post.

tfgg 11y ago
> In contrast, it is easier to learn to avoid the chatrooms where the trolls hang out. (The article mentions bullying on your facebook page, but that is very easy to fix with facebook's privacy settings). Bullying isn't just done by random people, it's also done most significantly by people you know at school, often having greater social power than you. When I was still at school a decade ago, being excluded or bullied by people over instant messenger (e.g. MSN) wouldn't have been something you could ignore or write off as nothing like you can with anonymous trolls, it would have been social death. I feel that, in the end, and this isn't particularly useful advice to everyone, the strategy is to out-social them by winning over your own group of friends and support group who will choose you over the bully. Or just holding on until you can leave and meet better people.
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TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
> In contrast, it is easier to learn to avoid the chatrooms where the trolls hang out. What if bullying is via your only public presence? > The article mentions bullying on your facebook page, but that is very easy to fix with facebook's privacy settings Facebook privacy settings only prevent people talking to you. They don't prevent people talking about you. > The other thing about internet bullying is that it's much easier to get evidence against the bullies. The law will rarely do jack shit, though.
- cpncrunch 11y ago
  >Facebook privacy settings only prevent people talking to you. >They don't prevent people talking about you. It's still easier to ignore that people talking directly in your face. (I'm not saying it's not a problem, just that it's somewhat easier to control). >The law will rarely do jack shit, though. In the example I gave the person was actually charged. This was a little town in rural Canada with a handful of police officers, about 5 years ago. And it was just a minor politician lying about something on facebook, not anything as disturbing as some of the cyberbullying cases.
  - TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
    > It's still easier to ignore that people talking directly in your face. But that's not the real-world analogue. That would be people spreading rumours behind your back. > In the example I gave the person was actually charged. It does happen, but more sophisticated cyberbullying is often not prosecuted.

tfgg 11y ago

> In contrast, it is easier to learn to avoid the chatrooms where the trolls hang out. (The article mentions bullying on your facebook page, but that is very easy to fix with facebook's privacy settings). Bullying isn't just done by random people, it's also done most significantly by people you know at school, often having greater social power than you. When I was still at school a decade ago, being excluded or bullied by people over instant messenger (e.g. MSN) wouldn't have been something you could ignore or write off as nothing like you can with anonymous trolls, it would have been social death. I feel that, in the end, and this isn't particularly useful advice to everyone, the strategy is to out-social them by winning over your own group of friends and support group who will choose you over the bully. Or just holding on until you can leave and meet better people.

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TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago

> In contrast, it is easier to learn to avoid the chatrooms where the trolls hang out. What if bullying is via your only public presence? > The article mentions bullying on your facebook page, but that is very easy to fix with facebook's privacy settings Facebook privacy settings only prevent people talking to you. They don't prevent people talking about you. > The other thing about internet bullying is that it's much easier to get evidence against the bullies. The law will rarely do jack shit, though.

cpncrunch 11y ago
>Facebook privacy settings only prevent people talking to you. >They don't prevent people talking about you. It's still easier to ignore that people talking directly in your face. (I'm not saying it's not a problem, just that it's somewhat easier to control). >The law will rarely do jack shit, though. In the example I gave the person was actually charged. This was a little town in rural Canada with a handful of police officers, about 5 years ago. And it was just a minor politician lying about something on facebook, not anything as disturbing as some of the cyberbullying cases.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
  > It's still easier to ignore that people talking directly in your face. But that's not the real-world analogue. That would be people spreading rumours behind your back. > In the example I gave the person was actually charged. It does happen, but more sophisticated cyberbullying is often not prosecuted.