Cyberbullying

The more we use the internet, and it becomes  a daily tool in our life, the more encounters of this kind will come. Somebody dislikes your photos or your art.

What is bullying?

Is the act of intentionally causing unhappiness to others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other more subtle methods of coercion such as manipulation. There is currently no legal definition of bullying.

-Wikipedia

What is cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones.

It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against another minor. Once adults become involved, it is plain and simple cyber-harassment or cyberstalking. Adult cyber-harassment or cyberstalking is NEVER called cyberbullying.

From the school yard to internet

This kind of harassment has now moved from the school yard to internet. And comes in various of forms. Even that some think they post their statement by saying : I do not like you or your art.

Can grow from these innocent words to something really serious. Deviantart crew remind you all to report such to their help desk and people can become banned or warned. But some of them get away because they are clever to write with no big words such as gender words or curses.

Bullying in my point of view is: Calling people stupid, less good, looking ugly , being fat, attacking them for spelling over and over again even saying their art is bad. Some even wrote and I quote:

" Dyslexia is not an excuse to spell bad.."

Some has such a bad dyslexia that even if they try spelling it turns out bad, and some spelling softwares can´t correct the word because it was spelled is such a strange way.

Some might not even know English, and then some attack them for spelling bad. Please have some heart and let those people learn in their own speed. Pushing these wont help.

Attacking verbal is as bad as getting a hit in the face, because wounds of sword heals by wounds of words stay.

If they state a phrase such as this : I think you are not a nice person and that your art is bad. I have seen people get away with this phrase because it is not harmful. It can´t hurt the person and is not offensive. But for some people it can be hurtful.

I think Deviantart does a good job cleaning out the bad guys , but some of the bad guys has been a member for many years and gained a love from many. When they attack and insult a fellow artists many of them get away.

When you add a forum thread you will be attacked by people who has nothing better to do then to attack other people and insult. The forum on Deviantart is the biggest cause of bullying because many does not get reported or even warned.

How do you avoid getting banned or attacked online?

* Do not go to attack yourself, people who bully loves that and will attack worse back.

* If you are sensitive and can´t handle people who are mean, avoid Deviantart forum, thats where all the bad guys/gals are.

* Do not write under a image or photo : It is so ugly, I am ugly. You maybe think so but thats trowing wood on fire.


Keep trying to report them, try to state why you are offended. 1 out of 10 gets the same answer often: We see nothing harmful in what he/she wrote.

Use blocking on your page to keep them away.


STOP CYBERBULLYING , Words hurt as bad as hits.


Visit www.stopcyberbullying.org To see what you can do to help or prevent online bullying.