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Hey y'all, I think this needs to be posted because in the past few months of playing Minecraft me and some fellow players have often experienced cyber bullying, you may think "what had this gotta do with the PlanetMinecraft?" well this has everything to do with the server as cyber bullying occurs online, I thought I may point out here what cyber bullying is and how to stop it.
What it is:
"cyber bullying" 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. I cannot stress how important this is upon the server, this can seriously hurt someone's feelings, what is there to gain in cyber bullying someone? Well the answer is nothing! cyber bullying is actually punishable by juvenile (jail for kids) or prison if you are an adult. Did you know cyber bullying can actually prevent you from getting a job in your later years to come? Even if you delete something from the internet it is still up there, just not as easy to find, guys when you are applying for a job your employer will search you up on the internet, maybe on facebook, twitter ect... they have the whole internet at their very fingers which means you can very easily be found cyber bullying someone.
If you still don't get the point well think about this,
Children have killed each other and committed suicide after having been involved in a cyber bullying incident. True fact! so think next time you click enter or post topic, or tweet ect... remember you cannot hide after that!
Cyber bullying comes in many different forms, it could be racial or sexual slurs, or just bullying in general.
Here is how to stop it:
Look for signs of harrassment. Cyber bullying often takes the form of one person harassing another through emails, instant messages, text messages or other modes of electronic communication. Harassment is taking place if the bully is directly contacting someone with one or more of the following types of messaging:
Hateful or threatening verbal messages. This includes name-calling, attempts to control someone's behavior by threatening to expose embarrassing information, and threats of violence.
Embarrassing or threatening images.
An unending barrage of emails, instant messages, or texts, whether or not they are threatening in nature.
Look for signs of public humiliation. Another common form of cyber bullying happens when the bully harasses a target by way of public embarrassment, rather than directly contacting him or her. Cyber bullies may use these public tactics:
Posting humiliating messages on a social media site, a blog, or another public space.
Spreading rumors and gossip using social media, text messages and other tools.
Sharing pictures that are embarrassing or explicit in nature, or are altered with the intent to humiliate, on social media websites and through text messaging.
Creating a website filled with defamatory images, insults, and rumors about the target.
Look for signs of impersonation. A less obvious, but equally harmful form of cyberbullying takes place when the bully attacks someone by impersonating him or her as a way to bring about humiliation or punishment. In this case it is more difficult to identify the perpetrator.
In some cases the bully may create a screen name nearly identical to the screen name used by someone, then use that name to create embarrassing or threatening situations for him or her.
The bully may steal the target's password, hack his or her accounts, and send embarrassing message to others or make expensive purchases.
Attempt to identify the cause. Some bullies start out as a friend, an ex, or someone else you know well. If it seems possible to have a reasonable discussion with the person, consider asking him or her to stop. Have the conversation in person, not through email or text.
Keep in mind there may not always be a reason for cyber bullying, or one that is straightforward. Sometimes people lash out on others because of their own insecurities. In any case, it is not your fault.
If you don't know who the bully is, or if you're being bullied by a group of people, attempting to talk it out probably won't work. You may need to take a stronger action.
Stop responding to the bully's messages. If talking it out won't work, don't directly respond to the text messages, instant messages, emails or other communications you may have received from the bully. Bullies want to elicit a reaction from their targets, so firing back a text will only make things worse.
Don't threaten the bully to get back at him or her. Sending a threatening message out of exasperation will only provoke the bully to keep up the bad behavior, and it may get you in trouble, too.
Save the evidence. File away every email, text, instant message, web address, and other evidence you collect from the bully. Record the time and date that each message was sent. Having as much information as possible about the bully's behavior will help you determine how to stop his or her behavior. A greta idea would be to post a topic on it in these forums, staff will then deal with it.
Block the bully: Just do /ignore [player] ;)
Here is an example story/scenario
"Lucy", 13 years old, posts a picture of herself on her 'piczo' website. She gets a text box and writes "Tell me what u think", expecting nice comments. Some random views the site and stumbles across Lucy's picture, and notices she has a slightly larger nose than what he has seen before. He can't help himself, and without thinking of how Lucy will feel when she reads his comment, he writes:
Ugly.
After school, Lucy logs into Piczo and discovers someone has posted! Yay!
After waiting about 5 minutes for the page to load, she reads what "qwertyh" has posted.
Upset, she x's out of the internet and runs, crying, into her room, where she lies for hours telling herself life's just not worth living anymore. Why go out and be stared at funny all the time. (She had noticed often that people had looked at her strangely), and girls at school would tell her that she was ugly and that no body would go out with someone so ugly.
How would you feel if this were your daughter? Or your best friend? Or your sister? Or cousin? Or niece? etc..
I hope you all take this into perspective!
It is VERY important!
What it is:
"cyber bullying" 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. I cannot stress how important this is upon the server, this can seriously hurt someone's feelings, what is there to gain in cyber bullying someone? Well the answer is nothing! cyber bullying is actually punishable by juvenile (jail for kids) or prison if you are an adult. Did you know cyber bullying can actually prevent you from getting a job in your later years to come? Even if you delete something from the internet it is still up there, just not as easy to find, guys when you are applying for a job your employer will search you up on the internet, maybe on facebook, twitter ect... they have the whole internet at their very fingers which means you can very easily be found cyber bullying someone.
If you still don't get the point well think about this,
Children have killed each other and committed suicide after having been involved in a cyber bullying incident. True fact! so think next time you click enter or post topic, or tweet ect... remember you cannot hide after that!
Cyber bullying comes in many different forms, it could be racial or sexual slurs, or just bullying in general.
Here is how to stop it:
Look for signs of harrassment. Cyber bullying often takes the form of one person harassing another through emails, instant messages, text messages or other modes of electronic communication. Harassment is taking place if the bully is directly contacting someone with one or more of the following types of messaging:
Hateful or threatening verbal messages. This includes name-calling, attempts to control someone's behavior by threatening to expose embarrassing information, and threats of violence.
Embarrassing or threatening images.
An unending barrage of emails, instant messages, or texts, whether or not they are threatening in nature.
Look for signs of public humiliation. Another common form of cyber bullying happens when the bully harasses a target by way of public embarrassment, rather than directly contacting him or her. Cyber bullies may use these public tactics:
Posting humiliating messages on a social media site, a blog, or another public space.
Spreading rumors and gossip using social media, text messages and other tools.
Sharing pictures that are embarrassing or explicit in nature, or are altered with the intent to humiliate, on social media websites and through text messaging.
Creating a website filled with defamatory images, insults, and rumors about the target.
Look for signs of impersonation. A less obvious, but equally harmful form of cyberbullying takes place when the bully attacks someone by impersonating him or her as a way to bring about humiliation or punishment. In this case it is more difficult to identify the perpetrator.
In some cases the bully may create a screen name nearly identical to the screen name used by someone, then use that name to create embarrassing or threatening situations for him or her.
The bully may steal the target's password, hack his or her accounts, and send embarrassing message to others or make expensive purchases.
Attempt to identify the cause. Some bullies start out as a friend, an ex, or someone else you know well. If it seems possible to have a reasonable discussion with the person, consider asking him or her to stop. Have the conversation in person, not through email or text.
Keep in mind there may not always be a reason for cyber bullying, or one that is straightforward. Sometimes people lash out on others because of their own insecurities. In any case, it is not your fault.
If you don't know who the bully is, or if you're being bullied by a group of people, attempting to talk it out probably won't work. You may need to take a stronger action.
Stop responding to the bully's messages. If talking it out won't work, don't directly respond to the text messages, instant messages, emails or other communications you may have received from the bully. Bullies want to elicit a reaction from their targets, so firing back a text will only make things worse.
Don't threaten the bully to get back at him or her. Sending a threatening message out of exasperation will only provoke the bully to keep up the bad behavior, and it may get you in trouble, too.
Save the evidence. File away every email, text, instant message, web address, and other evidence you collect from the bully. Record the time and date that each message was sent. Having as much information as possible about the bully's behavior will help you determine how to stop his or her behavior. A greta idea would be to post a topic on it in these forums, staff will then deal with it.
Block the bully: Just do /ignore [player] ;)
Here is an example story/scenario
"Lucy", 13 years old, posts a picture of herself on her 'piczo' website. She gets a text box and writes "Tell me what u think", expecting nice comments. Some random views the site and stumbles across Lucy's picture, and notices she has a slightly larger nose than what he has seen before. He can't help himself, and without thinking of how Lucy will feel when she reads his comment, he writes:
Ugly.
After school, Lucy logs into Piczo and discovers someone has posted! Yay!
After waiting about 5 minutes for the page to load, she reads what "qwertyh" has posted.
Upset, she x's out of the internet and runs, crying, into her room, where she lies for hours telling herself life's just not worth living anymore. Why go out and be stared at funny all the time. (She had noticed often that people had looked at her strangely), and girls at school would tell her that she was ugly and that no body would go out with someone so ugly.
How would you feel if this were your daughter? Or your best friend? Or your sister? Or cousin? Or niece? etc..
I hope you all take this into perspective!
It is VERY important!
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