Scott, I think your post is excellent. I am sorry you had a rough time at school.
Thanks Buddy, kids can be cruel, but the bullying made me into a man, I don't take sh*t from anyone now
a) does this cyber bullying happen in other countries like the USA, Japan or Canada for example?
I can't speak for them, but would imagine that it does, it is all to easy to write something on the screen, sometimes in all innocence, that can be interpreted the wrong way by the recipient, that is the danger of faceless communication..
b) as the bullying is not physical, as both you and I explained. Why do people take so much notice of it? Surely, if one doesn't like it, just ignore it, the bullies will soon get bored.
I think one of the reasons for this is social structure, in this modern life, for many teenagers, the media life is their social life, it is hard to switch off... my two boys for example, aged 11 and 10, they play an online Game called Minecraft and Roblox, part of the game but not the main part is interaction with other users, my boys take it very serious when they get mentioned in a post, and get angry when it is negative... I tell them constantly just ignore it, which they do until the next negative comment from somebody else... social media is a massive part of children's lives these days, and they find it hard to switch off or distance themselves from criticism. We as adults can switch off, children don't...
I certainly do not want to curb free expression, that is our right as individuals, but I do believe that Social Media on the web should be accountable for the content on their sites. It is so easy to set up a profile on any site with the most minimal of information, you are faceless, nameless, and traceless, social media sites should not allow people access to the sites unless they can prove who they are, where they live, and how old they are...
Social media can so easily be used , and is being used as Grooming sites for young teenagers by older men and women simply because they have to provide very little information about themselves when they create a profile..
This site is the same, you have no idea who I am, my profile name is Scott-Atkinson, but I could be a women, I could be 5o years of age, or I could be 18 years of age, I say I am in the UK, but I could be anywhere.... I could even be your next door neighbor for all you know...