Comments on: 25% of Moms Online Experience Cyber-Bullying – What to do? http://www.skimbacolifestyle.com/2009/10/25-of-moms-online-experience-cyber-bullying-what-to-do.html Live life to the fullest - enjoy life! Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:02:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Nicole Feliciano http://www.skimbacolifestyle.com/2009/10/25-of-moms-online-experience-cyber-bullying-what-to-do.html/comment-page-1#comment-14362 Nicole Feliciano Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:42:29 +0000 http://www.skimbacolifestyle.com/?p=4888#comment-14362 I think we need to be as careful abt. what we say online as in person. Written words seem to have a long, long life. I think we need to be as careful abt. what we say online as in person. Written words seem to have a long, long life.

]]> By: Leah @Bookieboo http://www.skimbacolifestyle.com/2009/10/25-of-moms-online-experience-cyber-bullying-what-to-do.html/comment-page-1#comment-14355 Leah @Bookieboo Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:38:22 +0000 http://www.skimbacolifestyle.com/?p=4888#comment-14355 I see this all too often online. The anonymity of being behind a computer emboldens people in a way they normally wouldn't be in real life. Being a bully may make others feel powerful when they aren't normally. This is despicable, but a reality. I have had to boot people from Bookieboo for this. (Not too many, thank God, but it has happened.) And I will continue to do so when ANYONE tries to make my community a hostile environment. But I will say that I see this more often on Twitter than anywhere else. I see this all too often online. The anonymity of being behind a computer emboldens people in a way they normally wouldn’t be in real life. Being a bully may make others feel powerful when they aren’t normally. This is despicable, but a reality.

I have had to boot people from Bookieboo for this. (Not too many, thank God, but it has happened.) And I will continue to do so when ANYONE tries to make my community a hostile environment. But I will say that I see this more often on Twitter than anywhere else.

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