"The Rise Of Cyberbulling" - Lim Qi Xiang

"The rise of cyberbullying"

There are many people on the net, you cannot know that they are good, bad, easily provoked or simply pure evil. There are also some very sensitive people on the net. One may not know that they are actually harrasing somebody, one may have a slip of the tongue, or is just insensitive and utter an offensive comment, this may cause some harm to the person and may push them over the edge. You may be just joking, but on the net, you would not really know what the other persons is really feeling.

I have noticed some forms of cyberbullying online. Sometimes it is quite common in online MMOs (Massive Multiplayer Online Games). If one's skills are better than another's, they may call him "noob" and harrass him. Sometimes uttering racist comments, vulgarities and profanities. Most people will try to intervene and try to help the victim. However, once i noticed that a group of people are harrasing a single person. One or two tried to intervene but to no avail. The victim was helpless and eventually stepped down and logged out. At another time, I noticed that a player was spouting racist comments online in a "shout" box. This infuruated alot of people and caused alot of arguement.

I have never experinced such serious cyberbullying, and i will not know how the victims felt. However, there's always sometime the victim could do to stop the harrasment. One could always reach for the mute button.