Digital Etiquette/Cyberbullying

            Digital Etiquette is a way to be kind to other and helps in the prevention of cyber bullying. For example, before you press enter and send something reread it and make sure it would not sound offensive to anyone. Also, if you ever see anyone bullying someone in person or over the internet tell someone and let people know before anyone gets seriously hurt. You do not want to be a mean person. When you are men you are purposely trying to hurt someone and are crossing the line of “freedom of speech”. For example, while on twitter I see a bunch of mean subtweeting. Subtweeting is when you post something about someone that is clearly about them but do not tag them in it. Even though that person is not being tagged in the post does not mean they do not know it is about them. Sometimes it is obvious when something is about you and it is very hurtful. Some ways you cannot be mean is by rereading your tweet or message and rethink “Did you intend to hurt someone with this?” There is a fine line between being mean and offending someone.

            

           Cyber bullying is when you bully someone over a communication device or social network usually with intimidating or threatening nature.  An upstander is someone who defends the victim of the bully and does not just watch as the bullying is going on. An upstander takes action. A bystander is the exact opposite. A bystander sits and watches the bullying going on and does not do anything about it. Everyone should be an upstander. Some advice on how to be an upstander is do not be self conscious and scared just do it and help all of the people that are getting bullied. If you are scared to stand up for someone you could also tell an adult about the situation.

            To stop on-line bullying there has already been laws passed in every state against cyber bullying. But, it is still going on. I think there should be a school group in every school against bullying. This would give people a chance to confide in someone and let it out about their bully. Learning about this has really given me and my peers a different outlook on cyber bullying. I never knew it was such a serious problem and I have learned a lot.