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41 Percent of Adults In the US Have Been Harassed Online, Says Pew Study (techcrunch.com)
According to a new Pew Research Center study, 41 percent of adults said they have experienced harassment online, and 66 percent of people said they've seen it happen to others. What's the most common form of online harassment? According to the study, it's offensive name-calling. TechCrunch reports: It's worth noting that while men are slightly more likely than women to be harassed online (44 percent versus 37 percent), women are more likely to be sexually harassed online. For example, 53 percent of women surveyed reported receiving explicit images they did not request. Unsurprisingly, social media is where people are most likely to experience online harassment, with 58 percent of those harassed saying the most recent incident happened on a social media platform. Also unsurprising is the fact that more than half of people harassed don't know the person harassing them. Pew also explored "emergent" forms of online harassment, like doxing (posting someone's personal information online without consent), trolling (intentionally trying to provoke or upset someone), hacking (illegally accessing someone's accounts) and swatting (when you call 911 for a fake emergency and have the police show up at that person's house). "While many Americans are not aware of these behaviors, they have all been used to escalate abuse online," the report states.
Have been harassed in real life.
I'm on internet since 1998 roughly. I'm 32 now... so started pretty young. I also spend 10+ hours on the computer per day, since 2001), so one can say internet is pretty important thing in my life, more so to me than to these that got _harassed_ probably.
First thing, most people are just asking for it. They subconsciously dig themselves into these holes, like they are unknowingly addicted to drama. It's like ghost stories.. the only people that seem to see ghosts are those people that believe in ghosts.
Furthermore, "Cyber" bullying ? Seriously ? Bullying is if i slap the shit out of you, yell at you, and take your lunch money, and I REPEAT it every day. That's bullying.
Somebody wrote a nasty comment on your facebook ? Are you kidding me ? Maybe I have this attitude because I "grew up" on IRC in early 2000s where these "abuses" were actually just a normal day, and I seen real bullying in the same time at school, but anything that happens on internet is totally insignificant, it's bordering make-believe, especially if you connect to internet with that intent, and it's not that hard people. Why take internet and platforms on it such as social media so seriously ?
Maybe this is happening because people choose to upload their lives on retarded platforms like facebook, maybe not, either way... you have control over it all, so all you doing calling this bullying is marginalizing real bullying. There's only one life that matters, and it's called Real Life.
I'm sure there are hordes of geeks that will attack me for saying cyber is make believe.. but that's just uh... like, your opinion man.
And screw them too.
I don't know what world people live in, but I have been harassed all my life. Long before we were online. If it's not neighborhood kids putting you down, it's the bullies, the fellow students, the teachers, all adults in your life and mainly your family.
Most people just grow a thick skin and move on, because there isn't much else you can do.
Be seeing you...
Saying "no", "you are wrong|irrational|delusional|ignorant|etc..." is not "harassment" but can be perceived as such by the recipient. If you receive some form of criticism and take it as harassment, perhaps you should check to see if the person criticizing is right!
When people say I'm ignorant, I ask for references so that I can be a better person and educate myself. When I am told my opinion is wrong, I ask for facts so that I can challenge my opinion. Sometimes I am irrational and delusional. That is all part of being a normal, breathing, thinking human who also has emotions.
But hey, keep promoting that victim culture. It's worked so well as a tool to educate the masses and make people accountable responsible members of society.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
I wonder, are the following concepts included or not in the definition of 'harassed' regarding this poll?
1.) 'Triggered' - using the contemporary meaning
2.) 'Micro Aggression' - as in having been, as determined only by the recipient
3.) 'Called Out' - corrected on a point of objective fact
4.) Being treated fairly based on merit rather than as if everyone deserves a trophy for participation
These things are not harassment rained down on a victim. Rather, it is interacting with other people in the real world.
2+2=4 even if that reality triggers you. The fact that black people have more melanin in their skin than white people is true even if you call it a racist micro aggression for saying so - nature doesn't care. Who the hell cares anyway? Melanin content isn't relevant to living in daily society its just a biological sunscreen. It isn't sexist to point out that health care for women actually is more expensive on average than it is for men. It isn't sexist to point out that auto insurance is actually is more expensive on average for men than it is for women. These are facts. Sexism enters the debate when we talk about whether they should be or not and are matters of opinion. Effort vs. results. In some things, results matter more. No, you don't get a trophy for TRYING to land that beach at Normandy - you just get shot or blown up. No, you don't get a renewed contract as a financial advisor for TRYING to give good advice - you should get fired or demoted when your clients move to other advisors.
That seems more than a bit over the top. Or are people really this easily made to feel uncomfortable these days? That would not be good at all.
Sure it's over the top. But remember that this is what victim culture is pushing. And the people that are curating this victimization are feminists, social justice advocates, and so on.
Let's compare: A feminist politician receives the following and claims it's harassment: "I wouldn't even rape you." Mass exposes in the media about how this is terrible, terrible harassment. A male politician receives actual identifiable threats to them and their family, but nary a peep in the media over it. Then there's all the claims that things like saying "you suck" is harassment. Or the claims that critiques of a persons work is harassment. Welcome to the always-victim mentality that's been fostered over the last 20 years by educators, the brilliant helicopter parents, the idiot young child educators and so on. Why do you think there's particular groups pushing safe spaces, push no-platforming, running off to the UN and claiming harassment. Hell you can look at the bullshit mentality in action, look at how many people supported CNN when they decided to threaten to dox a person for a gif. Actual harassment, and coercive behavior but the same people that claim someone else saying "your pov is shit" is harassment, are also defending that harassment.
Om, nomnomnom...
Fuck all of you.
41% of adults have been harassed online. The other 59% haven't visited Slashdot yet.
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