How Can The Forum Monitor And Stop Cyberbulling?

[Zoomic]

I try to live like the good Samaritan and follow the Golden Rule. I know I can't change the whole internet, but if I can help even one person, I see that as a success.

The problem is in your definition of "helping" one person. To me, it sounds like you want to censor someone. I think I'm usually quite friendly here, but that doesn't mean I don't value the freedom to be unfriendly when someone wants to.

How many of your "bullying" reports have been deleted by Mods?

If you understand LoyceV very well, you will realise that his definition of freedom is quite different from yours. LoyceV believes in freedom, even if it has to go against him and his desire. If you support only the positive aspect of freedom, it means that you want to censor someone. I am just thinking if LoyceV actually practices this even in real life. It could be brutal if given someone the freedom to be an asshole, an idiot, a bully or a gentleman.

When I came here newly, I expected everyone to behave decently, but I was just disappointed at a time. But it didn't take long to understand that allow freedom of speech is one of the best things that happened to this forum.

[howardsentell]

I support freedom of speech, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay to be disrespectful or to bully others. If you wouldn’t do something in person, you shouldn’t do it online.

[LoyceV]

I support freedom of speech, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay to be disrespectful or to bully others.

Do you not see the irony in what you're writing?

[howardsentell]

I support freedom of speech, but that doesn’t mean it’s okay to be disrespectful or to bully others.

Do you not see the irony in what you're writing?

Thanks for your help and participation.

[Alpha Marine]

Why are you guys letting what random people on the internet say about you become significant? All he can do is talk. Even if he somehow speaks about your insecurities, they're just words, and he is miles away from where you are, so why are you giving so much power to a person who knows nothing about you?
Except that the person is making an allegation against you, everything else he's saying in the form of an insult is not significant. If you cant match the energy, simply avoid.

I have had people on the forum insult me directly and call me names. I simply muted and avoided the ones I could, since I am the "bigger person" and can't exchange words with them.  I can't start running to the principal's office whenever someone insults me on the internet. Their opinions about me dot matter. The only time things like this can be taken seriously is when the person is making an allegation against you. Something that can damage your name (or in this case, your account), then you can respond.

The internet, like Bitcoin, is free for all. Lunatics, retards, geniuses, criminals, and law-abiding citizens are all free to use the Internet, so you can't expect it to be a cool-headed place. You just got to filter what you take in and what you take seriously.

[Kazkaz27]

After considering everything that’s been said, I agree with most of the stances presented here (Alot of good/practical advice from members here). That said, I lean toward Howard’s side in this discussion. While there might occasionally be justification for being mean, trolling, harrassing or bullying, such cases are rare and often ineffective in their execution. Respectfully, there’s always, most certainly, a better way.

[howardsentell]

Thanks for the great responses.

[memehunter]

@howardsentell you are acting like a noob who does not know basic posting manners. This behavior is highly suspicious. It seems, concerns raised by @owlcatz about you are quite logical.

[Xiestar]

You are spamming your own thread by replying separately on each post with same content. You are violating the forum rules.

Your idea is good and I wonder why does the community wants to ignore cyber bullying or harassment while it can be moderated to the point that punishable so that people will stop acting like an ass.

I knew they are just following with the flow to some DT that suggesting “grow a thick skin” because they want conflict with other DT.

People with high ego don’t know how to get bullied because they are the bully. They are seeking on each other support because it’s their nature which is bullying.

The solution of the community is to ignore the problem rather than deal with it that’s why DT to DT fight like a kid when there’s a dumb argument or a wild dog user just throwing baseless negative trust to other user because some DT behave like that too so they consider it as normal or “fucking freedom of speech”. 

[Cricktor]

If I could I would temporarily ban you for some time, in the hopes you use the "free time from forum" to get a few brain cells together to read and understand forum rules which are required to prevent such an annoyance like you displayed today.

You deliberately ignored and violated rule #32 of Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ in a quite unprecedented manner. How could you possibly think that your "Thank you for your feedback" together with (of course ) full-quotes spamming here is of any value for anyone. Please, stop this!

I would also argue that this also violates rule #1.

I've reported all your rule #32 breaking nonsense. Call me a cyberbully if that makes you happy. I don't care if you call me names...

[Cricktor]

I pity your continued pathetic behavior. You either are incapable or deliberately unwilling to respect forum rules. Under normal circumstances you'd already be on my ignore list, but I make an exception extra for you. You literally asked for it: I will closely monitor your forum rule violations and report any of them. Do I enjoy this? Absolutely not!

The game you play here today is of no value for the forum, at least that's how I perceive it. I doubt other participants or readers of this thread enjoy your endless full-quotes thanks and needless consecutive posts.

Oh and you can freely call me cyberbully again and again. Just go ahead and embarrass yourself further.

I have small hopes that you might learn from your mistakes, but that's up to you. Maybe some moderator will have the balls to show you what consequences it might have if you continue to ignore forum rules. I don't have high hopes for the latter but anyway it's worth a try...

[Pablo-wood]

The rule of Thank you is more important than the topic? Cyberbully!

I'm not trying to attack anyone here. The point is simply about keeping the discussion readable and engaging. I bet you if we all made multiple consecutive replies  in a row you won't want to engage in such thread, because it makes the thread  cluttered, people automatically lose interest, and the conversation itself suffers.


 The very reason spacing replies out or consolidating thoughts into one post helps everyone. This has little or nothing to do with authority or "thank you" rather channelled more towards preserving the quality and purpose of the discussion, in line with the spirit of the unofficial Rule #32 as pointed out by @Cricktor

[howardsentell]

The rule of Thank you is more important than the topic? Cyberbully!

I'm not trying to attack anyone here. The point is simply about keeping the discussion readable and engaging. I bet you if we all made multiple consecutive replies  in a row you won't want to engage in such thread, because it makes the thread  cluttered, people automatically lose interest, and the conversation itself suffers.


 The very reason spacing replies out or consolidating thoughts into one post helps everyone. This has little or nothing to do with authority or "thank you" rather channelled more towards preserving the quality and purpose of the discussion, in line with the spirit of the unofficial Rule #32 as pointed out by @Cricktor

Do you have any helpful comments on this topic?

[howardsentell]

I pity your continued pathetic behavior. You either are incapable or deliberately unwilling to respect forum rules. Under normal circumstances you'd already be on my ignore list, but I make an exception extra for you. You literally asked for it: I will closely monitor your forum rule violations and report any of them. Do I enjoy this? Absolutely not!

The game you play here today is of no value for the forum, at least that's how I perceive it. I doubt other participants or readers of this thread enjoy your endless full-quotes thanks and needless consecutive posts.

Oh and you can freely call me cyberbully again and again. Just go ahead and embarrass yourself further.

I have small hopes that you might learn from your mistakes, but that's up to you. Maybe some moderator will have the balls to show you what consequences it might have if you continue to ignore forum rules. I don't have high hopes for the latter but anyway it's worth a try...

Is the rule of "thank you" more important than the topic?

[howardsentell]

@howardsentell you are acting like a noob who does not know basic posting manners. This behavior is highly suspicious. It seems, concerns raised by @owlcatz about you are quite logical.

All Lies! Your resource @owlcatz has over 30 Negative Trust.