Cyber bullying

Jeanie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-bullying

Just did a quick google on cyber bullying and the majority of sites are pertaining to children.

However, it seems that cyber bullying isn't just the domain of children against other children or adults against children but also seems to be alive and well adult against adult.

Having read through the wiki and a few other articles I was thinking that we appear to have some of the behaviours listed going on here on PJ and I was wondering what the rest of you thought about it?

Do you think it happens here on PJ?

Do you think it happens more on one forum than the others?

Have you been subject to it?

Have you found yourself doing it?

What do you think we can do to eradicate it?

soulsinging

what listed behaviors?

Jeanie

soulsinging wrote:

what listed behaviors?

It's in the document.

soulsinging

ah, my attention span isn't long enough. i was hoping for a bullet point. im guessing my answer is yes i do it. so what?

soulsinging

i skimmed it and still see no list of behavior considered bullying aside from being called names. is that all it is?

norm

bullies whether in real life or online never bothered me.....a bully only wants attention....if they get a response from you they've gotcha.....i've always ignored and never been bothered....

callen

soulsinging wrote:

ah, my attention span isn't long enough. i was hoping for a bullet point. im guessing my answer is yes i do it. so what?

Oh your guilty muther f***er

soulsinging

callen wrote:

Oh your guilty muther f***er

cool. so what are my symptoms doc? and how can i become a touchy-feely pussy hippy?

Jeanie

soulsinging wrote:

ah, my attention span isn't long enough. i was hoping for a bullet point. im guessing my answer is yes i do it. so what?

Well I can't be providing info for people in all their preferred formats. I'd be here all bloody day!

So is that yes you do it? Or you're just guessing that you do it?

And what do you think about it?

Jeanie

soulsinging wrote:

i skimmed it and still see no list of behavior considered bullying aside from being called names. is that all it is?

There isn't a specific itemized list of behaviours but there are behaviors listed in the article.

Jeanie

cutback wrote:

bullies whether in real life or online never bothered me.....a bully only wants attention....if they get a response from you they've gotcha.....i've always ignored and never been bothered....

Fair enough and a good plan. What would you do if it became systematic?

soulsinging

Jeanie wrote:

There isn't a specific itemized list of behaviours but there are behaviors listed in the article.

i didnt see them. they must be buried between the lines.

Jeanie wrote:

So is that yes you do it? Or you're just guessing that you do it?

And what do you think about it?

im just guessing i do. but since i dont know what behaviors qualify as bullying, i cant say for sure. i think nothing of it. who cares?

Jeanie

soulsinging wrote:

i didnt see them. they must be buried between the lines.



im just guessing i do. but since i dont know what behaviors qualify as bullying, i cant say for sure. i think nothing of it. who cares?

Well if you don't care then why come to the thread in the first place?

If you're not interested in the topic I'd like to discuss then why not find something else to do?

soulsinging

Jeanie wrote:

Well if you don't care then why come to the thread in the first place?

If you're not interested in the topic I'd like to discuss then why not find something else to do?

curiosity. im up for discussing it. i meant i dont care in the sense that i dont see what anything i do here matters to anyone else. so im curious about cyber bullying and what the big deal is.

FinsburyParkCarrots

The bullies here tend to form cliques, get overconfident, and then get banned.

soulsinging

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

The bullies here tend to form cliques, get overconfident, and then get banned.

must be the secret to my success. i've never been in an in-crowd.

Jeanie

soulsinging wrote:

curiosity. im up for discussing it. i meant i dont care in the sense that i dont see what anything i do here matters to anyone else. so im curious about cyber bullying and what the big deal is.

I never said it was a big deal. I was simple posing some questions about it.
Looking for clarification.

So are you saying you don't think that what you do here has ANY impact on anyone else?

Jeanie

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

The bullies here tend to form cliques, get overconfident, and then get banned.

Do you think that's consistent though Fins?

I mean I see that happening sometimes but I don't think it's always the case.

soulsinging

Jeanie wrote:

I never said it was a big deal. I was simple posing some questions about it.
Looking for clarification.

So are you saying you don't think that what you do here has ANY impact on anyone else?

and im looking for clarification about what constitutes bullying

but yeah, i dont think i have any impact. why would i? who cares what i have to say?

Jeanie

soulsinging wrote:

and im looking for clarification about what constitutes bullying

but yeah, i dont think i have any impact. why would i? who cares what i have to say?

Well it's all pretty much there in the document but not in point form so I dunno how else to clarify it for you without having to pretty much type the relevant bits out and I can't be stuffed. The idea was that you'd read it and form your own opinions anyway.

So if you feel that no one cares what you have to say, why post in the first place?

Trailer

I know I've offended a couple of people on here over the course of my "pit life", but it has never been intentional. I'm new to this whole forum thing, and definitely post without thinking it over most of the time.:) I don't see any bullying going on here though... maybe people are doing it in pms, but from what I see it's pretty tame.

I grew up with a very sarcastic father though... so I can pretty much take anything that is thrown at me:D