Bullying



Bullying is the act by which a person is subject to psychological and physical violence for his personal characteristics, such as looks, behavior, intelligence, etc. In the context of the interwebs, a victim of bullying may be ridiculed, verbally abused, humiliated, threatened, or shunned (given the 'silent treatment') by other users of an internet community. It is plaguing many forums and imageboards and particularly Ylilauta, where it has resulted in some suicides.

E-bullying


Bullying in internet communities can range from simple teasing to outright death threats. Many Ylilauta users describe having been bullied at least on one occasion, and in some cases it has caused them to be acutely distressed. Symptoms of e-bullying include:
 * Loss of appetite
 * Loss of sleep
 * Restlessness
 * Depression
 * Suicide thoughts

Habitual targets are those who are viewed as outside of the mainstream, such as "ponyfaggots" and "anime pros". Aspberger's syndrome sufferers are often being picked on, although they have a reputation for being ruthless bullies themselves, calling anyone normal a neurotypical scum that should "check [his] privilege". However, the aforementioned cases are only the benign form of bullying; some victims are threatened of death.

"I was peacefully discussing ponies and anime on /int/ when suddenly a group of rowdy and extremely rude posters showed up in my thread. I told them to bugger off, but they wouldn't listen. They called me a "paskapro", a "ponyfaggot", a "nerd", "moeshit-lover" and other offensive terms I wish not to repeat. One even said he would find my house and kill me. I was quite distressed emotionally and had to cope by watching MLP all day for a week"

- an anonymous /int/ poster

Examples
1653 we fukked ur mothers

shut up nerd

lol ur such a faggot kill yourself

>you >white

anime is shit :DDDD also ponies :DDD

slavs are niggers t. NA

What useful purpose does this comment serve to ylilauta? Fucking none. Cut this shit out, dude.

This is a very bad thread. Do not waste my time with threads such as this. I am a very busy skeleton with important skeleton things to do.

fk u

Taking action
When you see bullying, immediately confront the bully, experts say. Shame the bully for his bydlo behavior and defend the bullying victim; taking action saves lives (and keeps ylilauta's ad revenue going).

Bully-free zone
A counter-measure to bullying is creating bully-free zones, or threads, where community members may partake in serious discussions without being disturbed.