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[ThePopiPenguin]

After the trauma I got being bullied in reddit, I think I'm taking a break from social networks to cool my head off and to focus on studies. You guys are like the best forum community I've experienced in my internet lifespan so keep it up! 

 

I'm still really sad that they would go as low to bully a kid that has Asperger's.  So yeah, I'm leaving Twitter, Facebook, WUF, and reddit until I can cool my head off.

 

I might still be lurking FB since our school sends us some essential stuff to our accounts and I'll still be watching here but I won't be as active as before. This experience just made me wary of social media  .

Edited by Stromdeath, 05 August 2013 - 02:50 PM.

[Chrop]

Ya if you're taking something that people said on the internet to heart, then you aren't going to last very long here :s What I'm basically saying is... Ignore any online bully, the only reason they say things is because they are behind a screen unknown to anyone. 

[Nollog]

It's not bullying, because you can turn off the computer or go to other websites.

Bullying is when you're forced into situations where someone is abusing you, not just being abused by choice.

[BnB]

It's not bullying, because you can turn off the computer or go to other websites.

Bullying is when you're forced into situations where someone is abusing you, not just being abused by choice.

 

Still considered cyberbullying.

 

Cyberbullying -

 the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person (as a student) often done anonymously

 Souce: Marriam-Webster

[Nollog]

Still considered cyberbullying.

 

 Souce: Marriam-Webster

And as an adult, you learn that if you're not welcome somewhere, you can simply go somewhere else.
Blaming other people is easier though, and making it seem like they're a detriment to your life is more fun because of all that sweet attention.

[BnB]

And as an adult, you learn that if you're not welcome somewhere, you can simply go somewhere else.
Blaming other people is easier though, and making it seem like they're a detriment to your life is more fun because of all that sweet attention.

lol I see what you're getting at but...

 

The op isn't an adult though so we can't expect everybody to react to bullying or "not being welcome" the same way as someone else would. Even if you don't consider it bullying I'm pretty sure you can say that "hurling insults" and calling someone a "kid with no future," just for sharing their opinion isn't okay. He obviously can't stand up for himself yet.

 

Haven't really seen the op beg for attention that often so a little venting is fine.

Edited by BnB, 05 August 2013 - 05:34 PM.

[stardust]

After the trauma I got being bullied in reddit, I think I'm taking a break from social networks to cool my head off and to focus on studies. You guys are like the best forum community I've experienced in my internet lifespan so keep it up! 

 

I'm still really sad that they would go as low to bully a kid that has Asperger's.  So yeah, I'm leaving Twitter, Facebook, WUF, and reddit until I can cool my head off.

 

I might still be lurking FB since our school sends us some essential stuff to our accounts and I'll still be watching here but I won't be as active as before. This experience just made me wary of social media  .

At least you weren't bullied on 4chan

[Nollog]

lol I see what you're getting at but...
 
The op isn't an adult though so we can't expect everybody to react to bullying or "not being welcome" the same way as someone else would. Even if you don't consider it bullying I'm pretty sure you can say that "hurling insults" and calling someone a "kid with no future," just for sharing their opinion isn't okay. He obviously can't stand up for himself yet.
 
Haven't really seen the op beg for attention that often so a little venting is fine.

A little realism can be a hurtful thing indeed.

[ThePopiPenguin]

I can normally take these things like trolling or flaming but it struck me since I was really volatile yesterday after experiencing something (another story for another time)

Edited by Stromdeath, 05 August 2013 - 08:57 PM.

[Chaos]

There is a thread in the "Introduction" section specifically made to say you are going on a hiatus, you don't need to make your own.

Edited by Chaos, 06 August 2013 - 11:30 PM.

[Nollog]

There is a thread in the "Introduction" section specifically made to say you are going on a hiatus, you don't need to make your own.

He's still posting though

[ThePopiPenguin]

Yeah. I'm just quitting Reddit and (to a lesser extent) Twitter.  

Edited by Stromdeath, 07 August 2013 - 05:50 AM.

[Zinix]

Didn't you all bully Saturn out of he because he claimed he suffered from like eight different mental illnesses? 

[Nollog]

Didn't you all bully Saturn out of he because he claimed he suffered from like eight different mental illnesses?

Everyone changes names so often here I don't even know if anyone who posted here was involved at all.

[Elric]

Yeah. I'm just quitting Reddit and (to a lesser extent) Twitter.  

I honestly don't see the point in this thread, since you are not leaving the forum and you could have posted in the thread in the introduction section. 

 

I'm just going to lock this thread now.