Online Bullies?!

Does such a thing exist? Sadly it does. This wold has become very technical and bullies are present more online than they are physical. Why? Mainly, because they can get away with it.

After all a bully is usually someone that lacks courage.

What is online bullying? A few things can be considered online bullying and some of them can be so subtle. Our society even accepts some form of bullying and considers it banter and normal. The sad part is bullying mostly affects children and teenagers daily. I don't agree with kids being on social media but sadly teenagers are and are usually bullied by their own peers. Let's not forget adults are bullied online all the time and occasionally you will hear, "I got off social media for a while etc........."

Bullying can be any of the following:

• Disagreeing on something but instead of respectfully debating facts it turns into name calling and personal degrading.

• Writing fictitious shaming reviews to control outcomes.

• Steer others in shaming you

• Encourage shaming

• Subtle sarcastic criticism

• Private intimidating messages

• Copying your ideas with no credit or permission requested

• Stalking you

• Learning about you to gossip/manipulate you.

• Silence

Really little you can do with online bullying. Very hard to pursue legally. If you suffered online bullying or fictitious negative reviews; you can request for them to be removed or delete if you can. I would strongly suggest to block all bullies or people that cause negative affects on you.

My advice is to stay clear of bullies and treat social media for what it is. A social network where you share only what you truly want or need to share. Hoping this shares some light and makes you aware and not alone if you have suffered online bullying. In the days of old people use to gossip and it was not written online; now the gossip and bullying has moved to the internet. In today's world protection needs to be everywhere and especially online.

Never forget a bully is usually a very negative weak individual; hiding behind a mask of lies.

Summer ending