I see a lot of people saying, "we need to stop cyberbulling!", but how do we do that? And I see a lot of people saying "it's worse than real bullying!" How? You could walk away from it easier, and in some places you can report the person and it can be taken care of pretty easily. And if not, just take your brain off the bad parts of the internet, and go to the good parts, like watching YouTube vids, play some games, or you can just do something else, go outside. Or, you can just learn how to take it. It should be easy if you just realise that the internet is not a real place. It's all virtual, and none of it can hurt you physically. 


Well, that's what I think.

Yes it's that bad. Now u know.
It made a girl commit suicide is that enough proof for you?

Latimew : What I don't understand is how cruel people can be to others just because they don't have to face them. Even adults are prone to spouting insults at other adults that they would have never said to that person's face. Whatever I say online I make sure I would definitely say to someone in person before posting or replying someone with it. If you were to read my chat history on some websites you'd probably still raise an eyebrow but my sense of humor is entrenched in playfully insulting others and making vague threats; it's just how I am. 

The thing of it is, if someone gets a hold of something that is embarrassing or whatever, they can make your life utter torture by posting it everywhere, manipulating it, spreading it to anyone who'll click on the link, and then you'll have absolute strangers judge you for it, you'll have potential employers pull up your now-trashed profile and think "I do NOT want to hire this person". This could be done by absolute strangers who have a vendetta against you for some reason, or by people you know at school (which is often the case). Words hurt, and like it or not, people do care about what other people think. Human beings are wired to desire connection with others on some level (the reason that some don't is usually due to some severe mental flub like say schizophrenia, autism, depression, etc.) and to have the people you're surrounded by hate you for a single mistake, or people that don't even know you hate you for some weird reason, to disregard you as a human being as if you were some piece of trash...it's a clear sign that dehumanizing someone as a punching bag or a target is all too easy for nearly everyone. You don't have to be a sociopath, a religious extremist, or part of the military to slip into this sort of thing.

That's why it's scary and hurtful. People driven by petty hatred can do absolutely horrible things. You can find where anyone lives, their place of work, where their kids go to school, and if you're driven enough, you can physically show up there and harass them more. It's crazy.

There's such things as arguments, debates, and other things of the sort. There's a fair difference between the 2, Cyberbullying is harassment, spreading rumors, and other things of the sort. Throwing insults at each other is not Cyberbullying, but it's still something you shouldn't do, but I suppose we all can't help ourselves in that regard now can we? There's a line between tossing insults, and caber bullying, and some people will go to great lengths just to bully someone on the Internet.

Bullies in any form should be burned alive

It all depends, a few "LOL OMG I F**KED UR MUM! LOLOLOL!!!11!" Won't kill anyone. And if anything, just makes you annoyed at their immaturity. But Ddossing, Swatting, etc is unforgivable. Because people get bored and etc, they ruin other peoples lives. Admittedly enough, I've cyber bullied before. But nothing to the point of indirect murder. Just that one "Enzobama" Joke I made a while back.

Both are bad in their own ways. I would say regular bullying is worse. That is when it is in your face,in person,and often punctuated with physical abuse. Cyber bullying can be bad,especially when someone steals or hacks your stuff and tries to ruin you. I would say regular is worse,because you cannot just "X" out of it.

But in all seriousness,kids need to toughen up,there is no "easy" mode in life,there is not a save file before you do something. You have to deal with it and if it gets bad,you find a way to defend yourself.

Did you know that "The Karate Kid" was inspired by real life bullying? If you are getting bullied,stand up to them and change yourself.

Latimew : People who feel they're being cyberbullied usually feel a malicious intent behind the message being put out there. It's not about not being able to handle certain insults, it's about who's saying them, be it a former close friend or a massive group of people who make you think the world is against you. I think demeaning someone in a place everyone has access to is just as bad as verbal bullying face to face.

I personally am still the cry baby I was as a kid, but it just takes a different set of words now than what used to be said to me in the past. And again, it's not the words that really hurt me, it's the intent behind them. Bullying and cyberbullying have given me an inferiority complex that makes my friends and family worried for me. This is just one of the many reasons I don't post anything on Facebook or Twitter, but rather just exist there if people need to contact me. 

Cyber bullying in my opinion isn't as bad as physical bullying, but it's just as bad if not worse than verbal abuse.

Cyber bullying is different in the sense that you can publicly embarrass someone for literally the entire world to see. You can essentially ruin someone's social life just by posting a video or creating a rumor, then sharing it to social media like Facebook or Twitter. This is pretty dangerous in the sense that something horrible can spread at speeds that just aren't possible when bullying in person. Cyber bullying can also be done anonymously, which may let someone really pound on the pain without any fear of consequence or backlash.

Verbal bullying is similar in the sense that, well, you're bullying someone with words - like on the internet - but you're doing it in a fashion that only some people will see or hear about it - if any at all. I'd consider verbal to be the lowest form of bullying, though I would still consider it unnecessary as you're still intentionally harming someones mental state. You might think "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me" or something like that, but not everyone has thick skin. Cyber bullying takes it a step further by broadcasting the insults for everyone to hear, and without a way for the receiver to actually defend themselves.

Physical bullying is, in my opinion, the higher end of bullying. I know I say that physical is worse than cyber, but at times I'd dare to say cyber can still be worse. Physical bullying can be countered with help - and you will at least get sympathy and help from those who are against bullying. Cyber bullying kind of gets a slide here, because people usually don't feel sympathy when someone gets put on blast via the internet. You're unlikely to get help that matters.

In my opinion, cyber bullying is a real problem. You can tell someone to grow thick skin, or just avoid it all together, or ignore it - but ask yourself. Would you be able to handle someone putting something negative you've done in your personal life that you're trying to forget on the internet for all to see? So now, maybe when only you and a few others knew about something, everyone you know now knows. It can really damage someone. If it's career related, it can ever get them fired, which goes right back to damaging someone. In extreme situations, cyber bullying can and has lead to suicide.

If you don't think it's a problem, I strongly hope you reconsider. I'm not asking you to be the internet's white knight, but to raise your own awareness to the problem - because it is a problem.

It's really hard for me to decide if Cyber bullying is bad or not. Thankfully I was almost done with school when the internet started to be a common place that everyone went to spend most of their time, that being said, physical/verbal bullying was common in certain instances.

Part of me just says "ignore it" but if you have to deal with these people in your everyday lives, being framed, extorted etc. News always gets around pretty quick in school and nowadays with social media, even more so. Thankfully when I was in school, if I did something dumb, I didn't have to worry about someone posting a picture or video that could possibly embarrass me for the rest of my life and even effect me years down the road. So I can see how people could get stuck in that type of horrible situation.

Most people are  not really that affected by cyberbullying. Nonetheless, there are always going to be people whose lives can be ruined by it. That will never change. It isn't that much of a problem, but there still should be effort to stop it or prevent is as much we can.

In my opinion, for most cases it is not as easy as taking it or ignoring it. There are tons of people that have no real world interaction and thus the internet becomes its substitution. For them, taking it is not as easy and not something they are able to do. Also a lot of cyber bullying is done to people that feel very insecure of themselves already due to conditions or weight etc so to hit on a matter that is very touchy to them is just as real if someone was in their face yelling it. I think you are completely missing the point of cyber bullying. Most cases tend to go towards people insecure, with visible problems, already being bullied in the real world, and people whose social life revolves around the internet so to stay away from it just because other choose to be hurtful does not seem fair.

I think cyber bullying creates some nasty bullies in real life as well. But, I will agree with you in that face to face bullying needs to be tackled more as it can hinder the same effects as cyber bullying but a lot faster, easier, and more physically endangering. I think bullying isn't being disciplined as needed in schools and public areas but, rather recorded for entertainment.