Rebecca Sedwick committed suicide by jumping from an abandoned cement factory tower in Lakeland, FL on September 9th. She had been a victim of bullying by at least 15 other girls utilizing
on-line social networking sites such as Ask.fm, Instagram, Kik, and Voxer.
For parents, schools and students this is a difficult evolution. According to a 2016 study, 26% of teens state they are the subject of regular cyberbullying, while 40% admit to be on one side or the other over the past year. It is difficult for parents to keep up with the latest trends in social networking. It seems many of us just figured out Facebook only to have to new application such as Instagram or Ask.fm become the application of choice.
The situation is even more complicated by other trends evident especially today. Whether it be the election or immigration or Colin Kaepernick, it is so easy to find hate filled speech tearing everyone apart for their ideas. The action modeled by adults is not consistent with the message to stop cyberbullying with our children and students.
The situation is even more complicated by other trends evident especially today. Whether it be the election or immigration or Colin Kaepernick, it is so easy to find hate filled speech tearing everyone apart for their ideas. The action modeled by adults is not consistent with the message to stop cyberbullying with our children and students.
We are living in a digital age and the responsibilities of parents, schools, and children have changed. We have to educate our children about the proper etiquette for using social networking. As parents we have to be open and honest with our children and have to be willing to learn about new technology and be willing to check on our kids. It is fine line between protecting our children and respecting their privacy.
In addition to parents having more responsibilities, so do you students. Here are some tips on how to prevent and stop cyberbullying:
· Make sure if you are members of social networking sites, protect yourself by using the security features (for example, make your profile private if you are on Instagram)
· Never accept a “friendship” request unless you know the person
· Refuse to pass on cyberbullying messages
· Tell friends or others to stop
· Block communication with cyberbullies, delete messages without reading them
· Never post or share personal information online including full name, parents’ names, address
· Never share internet passwords with anyone
· Never put anything online you wouldn’t want your classmates to see
· Do not send messages when you are angry or upset
· Always be as polite online as if you were in person
If you are a victim of cyberbullying or become aware of cyberbullying, you need to ask for help. Find a
teacher or trusted adult and ask for assistance.
How many different social networking sites do you belong to? Have you ever witnessed acts of cyberbullying? Besides the suggestions I provided, what are steps you believe would be helpful to stopping this behavior?
On the social network I am only one one site which is instagram. I myself have never experienced nor know anyone who has been cyberbullyed. There are many ways of stopping this. My parents go on my acount every night to see what is going on so that could be a way to tell someone. If i ever get a message from someone that is bothering me at that moment I dont even loo at the message because it is probulbly something I dont want to see at the minute. So yo could limit to who you talk to if they are bullying you. If someone is cyberbullying you just block them and dont listen to what they have to say because they are going to try to get in your mind.
ReplyDeleteI don't belong to any social networking groups, and I don't use the internet except for school. Because of this I have never witnessed acts of cyber bullying, nor have I known anyone who has been cyber bullied. I am sure I have known people who have been cyber bullied, but they have not told me, and I have not recognized it. Besides the tips above I would say that if you are being cyber bullied, you should know that it is never your fault, or as Mrs. G would say "It is never the victims fault..." Also, I would say that if you are being cyber bullied, you should tell someone who is trusted. Just in case they may not believe you, I would take evidence, like pictures, or screenshots. This way there is no denying that you were bullied, and the bully can get in trouble, and hopefully stop what he or she is doing.
ReplyDeleteI don't belong to any social networking sites, but I know a bunch of people who do. I haven't witnessed any cyberbullying up close, but I once was told that a girl threatened to commit suicide because of cyberbullying. Thank goodness, she decided not to go through with it. I believe, steps that could help prevent cyberbullying; are to ignore rude comments, delete someone who "follows" you and says something rude, or show the "bully" that it doesn't bother you and they will most likely stop.
ReplyDeleteI don't belong on any social network groups, but I do use the computer to watch some YouTube and for school work. I have never been a victim of cyber bullying or knew anyone who has been a victim. If I did start getting cyber bullied, I would tell my parents right away. They would tell me to probably just block the bully and not pay attention to him or her. As long as I can remember, people make fun of you just to get in your head to bother you. If someone has something mean to say to you on the internet, just ignore them. If they can see your not getting bothered they will eventually stop. Cyber Bullying is not a good thing. If you know a friend that is not being nice to people on the internet, tell them to stop, it's not right. Remember the golden rule
ReplyDeleteI do not belong to any social network sites, so I have not witnessed any acts of cyber bullying either. To stop cyber bullying, I think it is important to understand that it is a serious matter, and you should most definitely tell someone that you trust so the cyber bullying stops. Whether it's a teacher, counselor, parent, or another trusted adult, they should be able to help you. Don't believe what other people say about you. A bully is probably just trying to get to you and make you feel worse about yourself. Another thing that I think is important is to always be aware when you are online. I also agree with all of the tips above, and think that they will help to prevent cyber bullying.
ReplyDeleteI joined Instagram, but then deleted my account a few weeks ago. I didn't want to deal with any of the drama or other issues with it. There was a story about a girl who parked crooked in the school parking lot. The next day, she saw a picture of her parking job on Instagram saying that she couldn't park because she was deaf(which she wasn't). The picture went around the whole school, kids were posting things about her. The next day, every kid in her class parked crooked to make fun of her. She told the principal and all of the kids got parking tickets. Her name and that picture was all over the internet. I have never been cyber bullied nor witnessed cyber bullying. Though one of the best things to do would be to tell someone, I think it could also be the hardest. In Religion, we watched a video about a girl who was cyber bullied. She didn't want to tell anyone because she felt ashamed, and scared that telling someone might make it worse. It would probably just be easier to block the bully, but maybe the bully might make it harder for them.
ReplyDeleteI do not belong to any social media sites, and besides texting my close friends I don't really talk to anyone over the internet. I have never witnessed or been part of cyberbullying. Steps to take to stop cyberbullying are be nice to everyone, just because you have a grudge against someone or they were mean to you does not mean that you should bully them in any way or form. Instead follow that old saying - "Kill them with Kindness" It will work, I promise. And even if it is fake kindness it will still work. And if you are the victim of someone's bullying you don't even have to tell anyone directly that you are being bullied, just hand them your phone and say "look at the texts" and they should clue in. But if you don't want to do that or if you aren't being bullied online, TELL SOMEONE! If you are the bystander to bullying tell someone; tell the bully to STOP!
ReplyDeleteI do have a social network site. It is Musical.ly. It really isn't anything but lip singing to your favorite songs. I have never witnessed any cyber-bullying at all on Musical.ly. The only cyber-bullying I have seen was the movie Cyber-bullying it shows how a girl is being bullied by her best friend or what she thought was her best friend . The thing that I think would be helpful is if you are being cyber-bullied then whatever you are being bullied on delete the app. If it is on text or email you
ReplyDeleteCan have your mom or dad open them and not read them to you and then they can go to the police and together find a solution. Then they can put you in counseling if they think you need it.
I belong to two social media sites:Snapchat and Instagram.But they are broken on my device so I can't use them.I have never witnesses cyberbullying but have had friends that were cyberbullies.I think that the steps to stop cyberbullying is these:
ReplyDelete1.If you are being cyberbullies tell a trusted adult.
2.Then stay off the media site for a period and then when you feel comfortable going back on block the cyberbully and continue.
3.If cyberbullying comes back just stay off the media site or just delete the media app.
I belong to multiple social media sites including Instagram, Snapchat, Musical.ly, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and a I think a few others. I've never experienced cyber bullying. I know that cyber bullying will never end but I do have a few tips because of how many Social Media accounts I have.
ReplyDelete-Verify if the person that wants to "follow" you is actually your friend, and not a fake.
-Make sure you don't post pictures that people will make fun of you of bully you with
- I don't have a private account because I don't post revealing stuff about me, but if I did, I would be a private account
-Try to not read and respond to comments that are hurtful
-Try not to DM (or Direct Message for the people who don't have instagram) anyone your not close too
I belong to 3 different social media accounts and apps. I have never exactly seen ant cyber bullying happen online and I wish to never see any. It will likely never end and there is always someone doing it and no one could know except for two people.
ReplyDelete-Don't post anything that you will regret posting in a day.
-Never try and be funny by cyber bullying.
-Don't send anything that you wouldn't say to someones face.
-Don't say anything that would hurt someone or make them sad.
-Don't let random people follow you and people that you don't know.
I hate cyber bullying I fully agree it should and is illegal it isn't right to just make some one feel bad and if you do cyber bully I wonder how it feels to know when you send it to them how you feel inside knowing you just deeply hurt someone's mental emotional or even just life in general
ReplyDeletei have Instagram, Musical.ly,and pintrest. yes i have, that year some girls form a differt schoolmade up a instagram account and and were bing mean to differt girls from a diffrent school.
ReplyDelete- one you make all you accounts privite
- let you partent see a you accounts
- and do we the bully
I only have one social networking site and that is Instagram. I haven't witnessed cyberbullying but I have seen one of my friends from my old school posting about committing suicide. It was about a week after I moved to St. Joes when it happened. I was on Instagram when she posted a private message to me and a few other people. It was a picture of a knife held up to her wrist. This made me sick to my stomach. She direct messaged me and the others that saw the post. She said that she was hurting and didn't know what to do. She also said that this was her only way out. Of course, we all told her not to do it. Then all of the sudden, she stopped texting back. I was so scared and I didn't know what to do. So, I went and told my parents and they called her mom. After a few minutes she texted me. I took a screenshot of the message and this is what it said, Jane Doe-"Trevor?" Me-"Yeah, Jane Doe?" Jane Doe-"Could you set me free?" Me-"What do yo mean" Jane Doe-"Kill me." All I could think was Oh My God. I took a screenshot of it and showed my parents who then called the police. She then went to a place to get help and was better for a while...
ReplyDeleteI think that you should be careful of what you post and who you allow to follow you.
I belong to two social-networking sites. They are Instagram and Youtube. During my time on these sites I have never witnessed an act of cyber-bullying. Although I have never witnessed an act of it, I sure know there is lots of cyber-bullying in the world. With cyber-bullying I can think of a couple steps to help prevent or stop cyber-bullying. The first thing you can do is not own social media at all and avoid the situation. If you own any social networking site and you are being bullied you should block,report, or ignore the person and then get help from an adult. One more step I can think of is being nice. No matter what, you should always be kind, happy, and a very likable person.
ReplyDeleteI have two social media apps, but I've never witnessed cyberbullying. I have never seen any acts of cyberbullying. None of my friends, that I know of, have been cyberbullied. Some steps for people not to get cyberbullied is if you do get bullied online to stand up to whoever is saying things about you. Block them, and tell an adult. Another tip is to control your temper, don't freak out and do things online you wouldn't want other people to see. If you know someone who is being cybrebullying tell an adult.
ReplyDeletethe only social networking site is steam which is a site to play video games. You mostly play video games with or without other people. It is limiting on what you can text it has barely any emoticons and you message or call them and that is it. I have not witnessed acts of cyber bullying. Before this article I would never think that people would commit suicide over cyber bullying and that has helped me to see cyber bullying is as real as face to face bullying. ways to stop this behavior is to delete their comments , posts , and block them. You should not let people you do not know from the internet follow you.
ReplyDeleteI belong to 3 different social media accounts, those being Instagram,snap chat,and vine. All of these medias include posting photos or videos of yourself. I have witnessed cyber bullying before and Have told those people to stop immediately and to knock it off. They really hurt this person and made that person feel bad about his/her self. What I think you could do to prevent cyber bullying is to always be on alert of this. If you are browsing and spot something, don't immediately try to handle it, but to get the full understanding of the story. If they go to your school, go up and confront that person and question them about their behavior. If they continue the same behavior go to someone for help that is neutral. Some kids are so distressed by these rude comments that they even threaten to kill themselves. When this occurs go strait to your parents. This behavior is unacceptable in our society and we need to help those who are in these situations.
ReplyDeleteJust remember, THINK BEFORE YOU TYPE.
I like your slogan
DeleteI only have one social media outlet and that is Instagram. One time, I was looking at a picture and in the comments below,a girl was attacking another girl in the comments. She was saying how "stupid" she was and how "disrespectful" she was. In the comments below that, some people were taking the attackers side while most of them were telling the attacker to "back off"and to "get off Instagram if this was what she was doing". I believe that no matter what, cyber bullying is very disrespectful and hurtful. I believe that people should help others being bullied, and encourage the victim to stand up for their self.
ReplyDeleteI don't belong on any social network sites. But I have still seen cyber-bullying before. On Clash of clans I looked on global chat and saw a group of people bullying a person who was muslim. I didn't see all of it because I had to go somewhere, but they using cuss words and taunting him. I am trying to get Instagram and I asked my friends about it. They said if I do get it make a private account, don't accept friend request from people you don't know, even if it looks like a famous person or youtuber. My advice is always be nice on social media and tell people who are cyber bullying to stop doing it. And don't get involved in it either.
ReplyDeleteI belong to one social networking site, Instagram. I have never witnessed an act of cyber-bulling. Some other steps that I can think of is to not let someone cyber-bulling or any other type of bullying get to you. Yous shouldn't let them get to you because then they feel they can control you. You should be kind and not bully even if you are bullied.
ReplyDeleteI belong to three social networking groups which are instagram, snap chat, and musically. I have never witnessed cyber bullying on any of them and I hope I never do. I have never known anybody who has been cyber bullied either. You can prevent cyber bullying by keeping all your social media accounts private and not looking at people's comments. If you ever are cyber bullied just remember the people are only being mean to your because their insecure and think it will make them feel better about themselves.
ReplyDeleteI belong to about 2 social groups Spotify (you can chat with other people using the comments) and instagram. I have witnessed and been cyber bullied. I stopped this all by blocking people out of my stuff unless I know who they are and I trust them enough to let them in to my stuff I got over it by deleting my acount and making a new one
ReplyDeleteI belong to 3 social media acounts twitter, instagram, and spotify. I have witnessed cyber bullying on clash of clans and on instagram were a bunch of girls from a school started account and would go on peoples accounts and snapshot a picture of that person and post it with a mean and hurtful caption. if you see cyber bullying report that person for cyber bullying and there account will be taken down.
ReplyDeleteI belong to 5 social media sites. I belong to instagram,spotify,snap chat,musically and twitter. Yes, I have witnessed cyber bullying. Such as time when I have been on imstagram and I see and picture and someone that I dont know comments on someone elses picture and they say something very rude, I have commented on that picture as well and I tell the person to stop say that about someone else and then I tag them.
ReplyDeleteI only have one social media account that is snapchat.I have never witnessed cyberbullying and I don't find any thing mean on snapchat.I have about 35 friends who use snapchat all of them only post friendly things.If someone was to get cyber bullied I would tell them to block the cyberbully.If someone was to witness cyberbullying I would tell them to help the victim, defend the victim and be the victim friend.
ReplyDeleteI don't have any social sites because I really don't like them. I have never experienced cyber bulling myself and have never seen it happen. One way I would stop it is if you see it you would bring it to the principle of your school and have them get expelled of suspended. If you were an adult I would bring it to the police and see if they can give the person a charge!!
ReplyDeleteI do not belong to any social media groups. No, I have never witnessed any cyber bullying. You should not put hateful things on other people's posts. You should not talk to people that you have never met personally.
ReplyDeleteI belong to one social media group which is Instagram. I have never witnessed cyber bullying. Besides the suggestions provided if your being bullied than don't think it's your fault and tell an adult right away. People who cyberbully try to make the victim feel bad about themselves, don't listen to what people if they comment someone mean on a picture you posted. If you know a friend who is being cyberbully than tell an adult right away even if you think your friend won't be friends with you if you tell an adult.
ReplyDeleteI belong to one social media group which is Instagram. I have never witnessed cyber bullying. Besides the suggestions provided if your being bullied than don't think it's your fault and tell an adult right away. People who cyberbully try to make the victim feel bad about themselves, don't listen to what people if they comment someone mean on a picture you posted. If you know a friend who is being cyberbully than tell an adult right away even if you think your friend won't be friends with you if you tell an adult.
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ReplyDeleteI belong to three social media groups; Snapchat, Musical.ly, and iFunny (basically a glorified meme site). I have witnessed cyber bullying because I was the victim of cyber bullying. In early to mid June, it all started when someone (not going to say names) found my account. They started posting hateful and vulgar comments on my posts, and I had no idea why. Some of them were "KYS" comments and others were telling me about all the downsides of me, like how my weight was too much and how stupid and dumb I was. I so badly wanted to say to him/her, "Like you don't have these insecurities yourself?" I didn't want to insult him back because if I started insulting him/her back, it would mean that he/she was getting into my system and pushing my buttons. One comment that particularly stuck out at me was, " I wish to see your _______ glance as I smash your _______ skull on the ______ concrete ground..." It was unnecessarily long and extremely vulgar. It stuck out because it made me wonder, "Why does this person seem to want to hurt me in such a hateful way? What did I ever do to him/her?" I really didn't care what they said, except for this one comment. I thought that he/she had anger somewhere else, but it turned out that the anger was at me (for whatever I did). I blocked them, reported them, got them banned, but it seemed like they would do whatever it takes to get their hate to me. When their account got banned they made a new one and the cycle continued. I ended up deleting iFunny later, but for a different reason (more storage for games, ahaha). The steps you can take for getting the cyber bullying to stop are pretty simple and logical. First, don't say anything back to egg the person on. I dis reply to their comments with "Why do you not like me?" and "What did I ever do to you?, the person stopped for the day. The second thing you can do is report them, block them, get them banned, whatever you can do to send the message to stop. I did all of these , but people on iFunny don't have to follow you to comment on your posts, and there isn't a way to make your profile private. The next step is to let a parent or a trusted adult know (sounds over-used, but it works). Usually, the parent will tell the cyber bully's parents what's happening and who's responsible. (If you let a trusted adult know, they'll probably let your parent know.) The most important thing you can do yourself is to not let the hurtful stuff affect you on a personal level.
ReplyDeleteThat really stinks about your story and hope it never happens again and I agree with the personal level and all the steps you said.
DeleteThat is not cool what he/she did to you. I hope it never happens again.
DeleteI belong to 3 social networking sites which are vine, snapchat, and Instagram. I have never witnessed an act of it. Tips I use not to accidentally cyberbully or be cyberbullied are to think if what I am posting will emotionally hurt others or will trigger them to emotionally hurt me. I also don't say extremely rude things in people's comments and I block rude people or people that I don't know. These prevent this behavior and stop it most of the time. If I were being cyberbullied and I did not know what to do, I would go to a trusted adult or a counselor and ask them how to handle the situation.
ReplyDeleteI do not have social media and have never witnessed or been targeted by cyber bullying. I think that there is only one way to stop cyber bullying. To stop cyber bullying, we must monitor all posts and digitally track the people who are attacking vulnerable people that they do not know.
ReplyDeleteI belong to 2 social networking sites:
ReplyDelete-Instagram
-Musicaly
I have never witnessed acts of cyberbullying, but I have heard many stories of it. Some tips I think people should do to try and stop cyberbullying are:
-always have the chance to approve/disapprove followers
-Think,"Would any of my teachers approve of what I'm posting?"
-Have parents monitor your accounts, to make sure you're doing good things.
I think that if everyone follows these rules, cyberbullying would stop altogether.
I have three social media apps: Instagram, Twitter, and Musical.ly. I have witnessed cyberbullying. It is a terrible and cruel thing. My friend was attacked for being a terrible person and not being a good friend. I tried to stand up for her, but they wouldn't stop so I think she had a parent help her out. I know that isn't the most extreme thing, but is a form of cyberbullying. If you are cyberbullied you should tell a trusted adult right away because the bullying may get worse. Never believe what they are telling you because none of it is true. You can block the person or report them so you never have to see their posts again or their account will be deleted.
ReplyDeleteI have two social media apps: Instagram and snapchat. I have never in my life experienced cyber bullying and I hope I never do. It will likely never end and there is always someone doing it and no one could know except for two people.
ReplyDelete-Don't post anything that you will regret posting one day.
-Never try and be funny by cyber bullying.
-Only let people you know and trust follow you.
-Have a blocked account so people will have to request to follow you and so random people aren't following you.
I agree never post anything you regret, nice!
DeleteI belong to 4 social media sites, Instagram,Snapchat, Music.ly and Vine. I have seen cyber-bullying a couple times but I have never had it happen to me. Some other ways I and you can stay safe is
ReplyDelete-Only use social media sites that have a private setting
-Always use the private setting
-Only accept peoples follow request if you know them
-If you see someone cyber-bullying someone and they follow you block them.
I belong to 5 social media sites, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Musical.ly, and vine. I have witnessed acts of cyber-bullying on Twitter. Don't follow or let people follow you that you don't know. Help someone out if they are being cyber-bullied. Always use a private setting in social media accounts.
ReplyDeleteOne social media I belong to is Instagram. I haven't been on in a while, yet the times I have been on I have not seen cyber bulling nor experienced it. Two others ways of of making sure cyber bulling doesn't happen or help prevent it would be to put the phone, tablet, computer, extra... down and go do something you enjoy. This may help prevent being cyber boiled by reminding yourself that there are things out side of social media, and that you are all right. It may also help you prevent cyber bulling someone else, for this will give you time to calm down. Another thing you can do is go talk to a trusted adult. You can ask them to help you cope with the sadness or anger that comes with being boiled. You may also ask what would they do in your situation so that you aren't boiled in the future or by the same person or group further more.
ReplyDeleteI only belong to one social media website which is Instagram and share an account with Connor and have my own. I have never see cyber bulling on Instagram and have never experienced it but have seen it when reading articles, in the comment sections. Some steps I would take are; leave the device, its silly I know but if you leave you can have time to think about the message and think about how you are going to deal with it. I would also tell an adult who can help and ask your friends for help, they may be able to contact the person or can help you get over the message. Make sure you tell an adult and always stay strong, none can hurt you emotionally unless you let hem.
ReplyDeleteI belong to 5 social media websites and those are Instagram, Youtube, Vine, Musical.ly, and Steam. I have never witnessed any cyber bullying ever and I hope that it stays that way FOREVER! I believe that some steps that you should use if you are being cyber bullied is to: 1. Tell a trusted adult and talk about it (It always feels good to talk about things that are bothering you) 2. Go and confront the person in front of everyone to embarrass them in front of everyone and if that doesn't work keep doing it until they stop. 3. Block them in every possible way (even if you have to delete your social media page and start a new one). Remember that cyber bullying is never cool even if you think it is!
ReplyDeleteI belong to 3 social media websites, Instagram, Musically, and Spotify. I have never witnessed cyber bullying before, and I hope I never have to. What you need to do if you are a victim or have seen another person being bullied you should
ReplyDelete1. Block the person bullying you or another person
2. Tell a trusted adult about the situation
3. Notify the social me account about the situation and see if they can shut down the account.
Cyber bulling is never okay and it is never the victims fault they are being bullied the best thing you can do is speak up.
I am on one social media website, Instagram. I have never been cyber bullied and I have never cyber bullied anyone, but on some trending videos on Instagram the comments can be hateful. On one video with a little boy doing hilarious dancing, in the comments people were calling him fat and dumb. There are many more examples of this common cyber bullying. The steps to stop cyber bullying are, Tell the person to knock it off and block them. Then tell a trusted adult or parent. Ask them for advice on what to do. You should report the account to the social media website. Even the smallest things are not okay. Cyber bullying can lead to suicide.
ReplyDeleteI don't have any public social media sites, but I do text my friends. I've never been cyber bullied before, and I don't intend on it. Nobody should ever bully, or be bullied. If it ever happened, then my advice would be to tell a trusted adult, or get help if you start feeling depressed.
ReplyDeleteI belong to Instagram and I-Funny. I my self have never been cyber bullied and I have never been the cyber bully, but I have witnessed it. It happened in 5th grade when my friend Patrick posted a video of himself playing basketball on Instagram. I liked the video and I commented "Nice moves." Then right below my comment someone said "Are you F****** kidding me, his moves suck." I was very surprised by this because I didn't recognize this guys profile and I follow everyone that Patrick does. I respond by saying "C-mon dude, chill out." Then it just got worse. He started attacking Patrick even more and he couldn't of started bullying me because my account is private and I blocked him. Patrick was very upset and it was ridiculous that someone can be this cruel. Although Patrick blocked him and reported him, the guy came back with a different account. Finally Patrick ended up deleting the app for a while. I was very sad that someone could say those things to someone as nice and caring as Patrick.
ReplyDelete-Never let them get the best of you because who ever cares less in the situation will win. So just ignore the people who are bullying you like they aren't even there. (Unless it gets out of hand then tell an adult.)
I belong to one social media site, Instagram. I have never been cyber bullied or witnessed it. If you are getting cyber bullied you should tell a trusted adult and block the user so they can not do anything to you. You should also not let them get to your head just ignore them. Also if you know the person you should confront them. You should ask them why they are doing it and tell them to stop. I have never been cyber bullied but I have been bullied. I always just tried to not let them get to my head and always tried to confront the person and ask them to please stop and it eventually works.
ReplyDeleteI belong to two social media sites, Instagram and snap chat. Personally I have never been cyber bully and I have never been a cyber bully but I have witnessed it and let me tell you, it is not fun to watch and can have a very horrific effect on that person. It happened in last year but it would not be right to say any more for it is not my story to tell but it was really hard for that person. If I were to give some advice to someone being cyber bullied I would just tell them that they cant hurt you unless you let them. Nothing they say can hurt you if you don't listen.
ReplyDeleteI belong to Instagram, snap chat, and twitter. I never witnessed cyberbullying except for when we watched a video one time in a class and I always thought it very sad. I think someone who is cyberbullied should ignore it but also tell someone. They should talk to someone who is trusted like counselor, teacher, parent, even grandparent. No one can hurt you unless you let them.
ReplyDeleteI don't belong to any social media sites. I have never witnessed cyber bullying. I would say that if you were being cyber bullied that you should do the steps above but besides that you should take action yourself. Such as, telling someone, deleting your account, staying strong and remembering it is never your fault. My last suggestion would be to focus on the friends and family who see the great qualities that you possess and take a break from social media to regain positivity in your life.
ReplyDeleteI belong to 5 different social media sites which are Instagram, Snap chat, Twitter, Soundcloud, and Spotify. I have witnessed cyber bullying a couple of times usually on twitter or Instagram. I have seen people post things about eachother that are hurtful and rude. Some people think that it is funny to post about someone else in a negative way, I however, think that it can hurt people in so many different ways and bring down their self of steam. Cyber bulling is a horrible way of making people feel bad about themselves and I think that if we come together and talk about this topic we can solve it. I believe that there are many ways to prevent cyber bulling, some of them are to block someone that has hurt you in any kind of way online, to ignore people that have been rude to you online so that they eventually get bored and stop, and to not let the comments get to you that people have said because they are not true and never think that they are.
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