That discussion on the Melissa Harry Perry show

[nadinbrzezinski]

Do apply to here. Cyber bullies are real.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Women are not welcomed and are harassed out of these places

It is gender discrimination, yup

[malaise]

2. It's a serious discussion - particularly the cyber stalking and the ganging up

I had no idea how much damage was done to people.

I suspect that it's both corporate and or political as in 'destroy that poster because she/he is exposing our agenda' or individuals who dislike specific posters for whatever reasons.

Scary!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. It is, and the have places where they gather

And coordinate attacks, conservative cave comes to mind

[JaneyVee]

3. I ignore it, but I've been cyber-bullied, cyber-rape threats, cyber-death threats

I don't even bother to enable their psychosis by giving them a response. This has also spilled over into my life offline as well, but that's a whole other story. Lets just say I was a co-founder of a small social justice group in the early-mid 2000s that PISSED off ALOT of rightwing assholes.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Yeah, but blogging sites should not pretend that it is not happening

which is the normal status here, why these days I avoid OPs. Even if rarely I still post a few.

[JaneyVee]

6. Not only is it happening, it's at it's highest peak and getting worse.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. And driving people away from the web

[LittleBlue]

8. Best thing to do is just ignore them

When they know they've upset you, they get off big time.

Just act like it's no big deal, block them on Facebook, use the Ignore list, etc. We've got a few on here but I never see them. Ignore is great.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. My point is that the owners should not ignore it

And by policy they do.

Though it is easier to blame the victims.

[LittleBlue]

10. No, they shouldn't

It shouldn't be tolerated. I hope you're not being abused on here, Nadine

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. My ignore list is lllloooooonnnnnnggggggg.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

12. Tell me about it!

There are sites full of people that go out of there way to bully others. People they don't know. Just picking out random people to harass. People have have no idea what they have done to cause this.

Bad part is when you don't know and people Google you, say for a job. This stuff can hurt that.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. absolutely

and they don't care, or in some cases, relish the damage they do.