Online Bullying?

Oranage2 · 14-10-2011 01:31PM #1

Has this ever affected you?

I know alot of people here maybe older so the teenage bullying thing that happens now might not have effected them.

But I ask this because I was reading through some threads and many people on Boards.ie were closing their accounts because of bullying.

I found it hard to believe but then I started noticing certain people always quoting certain posts and having a go at the person -

I also know somebody on boards who would tell me they 'hate such and such they're such thank whores' - I thought it was kinda sad to hold a grudge like this

So without naming names have you been effected by internet bullying or were you the person holding the grudge and why?

Hank_Jones · 14-10-2011 01:32PM

I hate you and think you're such a thanks whore.

MagicMarker · 14-10-2011 01:33PM

STFU noob.

kfallon · 14-10-2011 01:33PM

Nope! Probably a few people on here I dislike but isn't that the same in the 'real world'. You are not gonna get on with everyone so you just tend to ignore the posts of those you don't like! I won't like everybody, everybody won't like me, no biggy!

Thrill · 14-10-2011 01:34PM

Down with the OP.

\joins lynch-mob

Tom · 14-10-2011 01:34PM

It's terrible...now hand over your lunch money.

jester77 · 14-10-2011 01:35PM

If someone is getting bullied online, then why don't they just close their browser

It's not like the bully is standing in front of them throwing verbal or physical abuse at them

Yakult · 14-10-2011 01:35PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

But I ask this because I was reading through some threads and many people on Boards.ie were closing their accounts because of bullying.

And then they just sign up again with a different name and continued on with their lives.

maygitchell · 14-10-2011 01:36PM

KeithAFC bullied me

So did KeithM89

stovelid · 14-10-2011 01:36PM

Meet me at the bikesheds with your lunch money or you're getting your head flushed down the jacks, you speccy cunt.

Tonto86 · 14-10-2011 01:36PM

Thrill wrote: »

Down with the OP.

\joins lynch-mob

\lights flaming touch and joins test of village mob

foxyboxer · 14-10-2011 01:38PM

Online bullying? It's not as if you're getting your face pummelled now is it?

Grow a pair. :pac:

wildlifeman · 14-10-2011 01:43PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Has this ever affected you?

I know alot of people here maybe older so the teenage bullying thing that happens now might not have effected them.
?

you're some gimp, and the daily beatings we give you for your lunch money and now doubled :pac:

mikemac · 14-10-2011 01:44PM

Ye starting OP? :mad:

hondasam · 14-10-2011 01:45PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Has this ever affected you?

I know alot of people here maybe older so the teenage bullying thing that happens now might not have effected them.

But I ask this because I was reading through some threads and many people on Boards.ie were closing their accounts because of bullying.

I found it hard to believe but then I started noticing certain people always quoting certain posts and having a go at the person -

I also know somebody on boards who would tell me they 'hate such and such they're such thank whores' - I thought it was kinda sad to hold a grudge like this

So without naming names have you been effected by internet bullying or were you the person holding the grudge and why?

All the replies so far is why there is bullying. Everyone wants to be part of the in crowd.
It happens a lot but the best thing is rise above it, it's not nice but it is the internet.

OwlsZat · 14-10-2011 01:46PM

If you managing to get bullied online then you are a seriously special case.

mikemac · 14-10-2011 01:47PM

hondasam wrote: »

All the replies so far is why there is bullying.

If the OP wanted a serious discussion they should have gone to Humanities

hondasam · 14-10-2011 01:50PM

mikemac wrote: »

If the OP wanted a serious discussion they should have gone to Humanities

What's wrong with asking about it here? does it not matter in AH's?

Oranage2 · 14-10-2011 01:51PM

mikemac wrote: »

If the OP wanted a serious discussion they should have gone to Humanities

LOL - humaanities - The most trolled forum on boards

Wolfe Tone · 14-10-2011 01:54PM

Remember the formspring thing?

Anyway a while back there was a thread on mental health in AH, very popular. Anyway for a variety of reasons I was going through a very difficult time and I posted about my own struggles, in order to encourage others to do so. It was a great thread and everyone was very supportive, AH and boards at its very very best. Some arsehole who didn't like my politics decided to use details that I posted up, and write nasty things on my formspring account encouraging me to do myself in. Takes a lot to shock me, but I was pretty shocked, I would never say anything like what that person did to anyone no matter how much I hated them.

Now it upset me a bit but generally I just laugh stuff like that off, how sad and pathetic a person do you have to be to do something like that? But I can easily see how something like that could seriously effect someone with less thick skin than myself.

If you managing to get bullied online then you are a seriously special case.

Thats pure rubbish, online bullying happens. It could be something like I described or people setting up facebook profiles about people etc.

Kiera · 14-10-2011 01:58PM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Remember the formspring thing?

Anyway a while back there was a thread on mental health in AH, very popular. Anyway for a variety of reasons I was going through a very difficult time and I posted about my own struggles, in order to encourage others to do so. It was a great thread and everyone was very supportive, AH and boards at its very very best. Some arsehole who didn't like my politics decided to use details that I posted up, and write nasty things on my formspring account encouraging me to do myself in. Takes a lot to shock me, but I was pretty shocked, I would never say anything like what that person did to anyone no matter how much I hated them.

Now it upset me a bit but generally I just laugh stuff like that off, how sad and pathetic a person do you have to be to do something like that? But I can easily see how something like that could seriously effect someone with less thick skin than myself.

:eek::eek::eek: That's bloody terrible! Something like that happened to Liah too and she closed her account because of bullying.

ejmaztec · 14-10-2011 01:58PM

stovelid wrote: »

Meet me at the bikesheds with your lunch money or you're getting your head flushed down the jacks, you speccy cunt.

Do you wear contact lenses now to avoid such treatment?

Oranage2 · 14-10-2011 01:58PM

OwlsZat wrote: »

If you managing to get bullied online then you are a seriously special case.

Well a lot of young people commit suicide over it so I guess they're 'special cases'

Like mental health I dont think it's taken serious enough

hondasam · 14-10-2011 02:02PM

OwlsZat wrote: »

If you managing to get bullied online then you are a seriously special case.

Oranage2 wrote: »

Well a lot of young people commit suicide over it so I guess they're 'special cases'

Like mental health I dont think it's taken serious enough

Thanked by AH mod, say's everything really. some people find bullying funny.

It is a big problem.

Wolfe Tone · 14-10-2011 02:03PM

Kiera wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek: That's bloody terrible! Something like that happened to Liah too and she closed her account because of bullying.

I was a bit upset about it but I talked it over with a few sound people and I just decided to get rid of the formspring thing.

Kinda feel sorry for someone who would do something like that tbh.

OutlawPete · 14-10-2011 02:03PM

OwlsZat wrote: »

If you managing to get bullied online then you are a seriously special case.

Totally incorrect.

Bullying online is rife and even worse than it could ever be off it, if not for the simple fact that bullying is generally the domain of cowards and nowhere does the coward have as much protection as they do online.

Wolfe Tone · 14-10-2011 02:04PM

Oh welcome back Pete btw!

Kiera · 14-10-2011 02:05PM

hondasam wrote: »

Thanked by AH mod, say's everything really. some people find bullying funny.

It is a big problem.

I'd say he was more in agreement than breaking his bollox laughing tbh!

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I was a bit upset about it but I talked it over with a few sound people and I just decided to get rid of the formspring thing.

Kinda feel sorry for someone who would do something like that tbh.

That FS thing was a joke tbh. Left people open to a lot of abuse.

hondasam · 14-10-2011 02:08PM

Kiera wrote: »

I'd say he was more in agreement than breaking his bollox laughing tbh!

I did not mean he was laughing, the fact he agreed with the post. why did you remove your thanks, if you don't mind me asking.
some people can take the nasty comments, others can't. we are all human at the end of the day.

KeithM89_old · 14-10-2011 02:11PM

Kiera wrote: »

I'd say he was more in agreement than breaking his bollox laughing tbh!

That FS thing was a joke tbh. Left people open to a lot of abuse.

Correct!

On boards alone, Its shocking to see some of the stuff people post to others. The 'close the browser' argument is pure crap. You shouldnt have to stop doing something you enjoy caus of one tits grudge.

--

Btw hondasam, i can thank whoever i want without you trying to make a sly dig.

OwlsZat · 14-10-2011 02:12PM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Remember the formspring thing?

Anyway a while back there was a thread on mental health in AH, very popular. Anyway for a variety of reasons I was going through a very difficult time and I posted about my own struggles, in order to encourage others to do so. It was a great thread and everyone was very supportive, AH and boards at its very very best. Some arsehole who didn't like my politics decided to use details that I posted up, and write nasty things on my formspring account encouraging me to do myself in. Takes a lot to shock me, but I was pretty shocked, I would never say anything like what that person did to anyone no matter how much I hated them.

Now it upset me a bit but generally I just laugh stuff like that off, how sad and pathetic a person do you have to be to do something like that? But I can easily see how something like that could seriously effect someone with less thick skin than myself.

Thats pure rubbish, online bullying happens. It could be something like I described or people setting up facebook profiles about people etc.

The internet can bring out the worst in people. They think they are hiding behind anonymity until/ if their actions warrant it they are outed and prosecuted. I'm sorry this was your experience but these people are certainly the minority.

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