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You also see this a lot with the "cyber-bullying" crowd. Technology did not cause bullying, and technology cannot fix bullying. The only thing technology enable
by quanticle 16y ago
You also see this a lot with the "cyber-bullying" crowd. Technology did not cause bullying, and technology cannot fix bullying. The only thing technology enables is for the bullies to act faster. Rumors can now spread through the entire school in minutes, rather than hours.
- oregonjoe 16y agoisn't speeding up and increasing the reach of bullying making bullying more powerful then? maybe a bad comparison: but isn't that like saying the truck didn't change the way we move stuff, it just allowed us to move more things, quicker.
- Dylan16807 16y agoIt also made it much cheaper and therefore effective. Is speed very important to bullying?
- sp332 16y agoIt's more pervasive. If you're bullied at school but loved at home, it might be tolerable. But if you're being bullied via email or Facebook 24/7, you never get a chance to "decompress".
- oregonjoe 16y agovelocity could be . . bullying instances/day? who knows, but increasing the amount of bullying sure is.