Yeah, remember all that crap you hear in school about bullying over the internet? It's not crap. Anything you say over the internet can really influence someone's life. A compliment of someone's artwork can put a spring in someone's step. A statement with a hint of an insult or possible inference of a put-down can create straws that break a camel's back. Don't give that "This is the Internet" excuse crap. Everyone here may be just text, but it's text with feelings that can be broken with a wrong word. You don't know these people, and they don't know you; but you don't know what kind of people take all this seriously. Even if you aren't serious, the pain is given, and no amount of "I was kidding" can reverse it. Please be careful, and thanks for reading.

Idno.

Cyberbullying.

Does NOT.

Equal trolling.

Furthermore, taking offense at cyberbullying isn't the same as taking offense at trolling.

Further STILL, forming a thread venting your anger at trolls and or cyberbullies just because you didn't want to listen to Rando when he was passively (although very bluntly) telling you that neither one of you would've been dishing out insults to each other if you knew each other personally is not going to make you look like the better man in this situation.

This sums it up best.

http://xkcd.com/438/

Now if anyone here wants to make an actual thread as to the discussion of cyberbullying by all means do so. This particular thread, however, will be locked due to the context in which the thread was formed in the first place.