- Mar 24, 2012
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Dealing with cyberbullying is actually more difficult than it sounds~ take this for example:
there's a 14 year old person who has a deviantart and facebook account~
she'll share things with her friends, and likes meeting new people that have similar interests, since her real-life friends aren't really into art.
After a few weeks of having a good time, there's a person that acts like a friend to her, but later overly criticizes her art.
A while later, her online friends agree and start saying the same thing. This makes her very upset/depressed and she feels like quitting art. She liked deviantart for what it does for her, but she can't stand the people there. Reporting them doesn't work, since the administration doesn't see the comments as harmful.
She doesn't want to cry about it on facebook, and she doesn't want to worry her real-life friends.
Rather than completely giving up, she takes time away from deviantart and starts to feel a little better. but now, she's afraid to return because she knows that there will be mean comments waiting.
What should this girl do?
keep in mind that this is only a simple case. Real ones are much worse. While most people don't see the words as bullying, she certainly feels that way. Does that mean the commenters are still right even though she had told them how their words make her feel?
btw, the thing about girls being overly emotional isn't exactly true~ which I'll make another thread to explain why.
the idea is that it's mostly personality and mindset.
there's a 14 year old person who has a deviantart and facebook account~
she'll share things with her friends, and likes meeting new people that have similar interests, since her real-life friends aren't really into art.
After a few weeks of having a good time, there's a person that acts like a friend to her, but later overly criticizes her art.
A while later, her online friends agree and start saying the same thing. This makes her very upset/depressed and she feels like quitting art. She liked deviantart for what it does for her, but she can't stand the people there. Reporting them doesn't work, since the administration doesn't see the comments as harmful.
She doesn't want to cry about it on facebook, and she doesn't want to worry her real-life friends.
Rather than completely giving up, she takes time away from deviantart and starts to feel a little better. but now, she's afraid to return because she knows that there will be mean comments waiting.
What should this girl do?
keep in mind that this is only a simple case. Real ones are much worse. While most people don't see the words as bullying, she certainly feels that way. Does that mean the commenters are still right even though she had told them how their words make her feel?
btw, the thing about girls being overly emotional isn't exactly true~ which I'll make another thread to explain why.
the idea is that it's mostly personality and mindset.
