On September 25 2017 02:44 Disregard wrote: Cyber-bullying in Korea is no joke, especially with anonymity being standard makes it even more prevalent.
it was sort of under control when websites forced people to register using their KSSN (or even just phone number) back in the day but its changed a lot now.
I mean the other ones are also mean but JD's example is pretty bad. You never know if you should take it serious, that's basically a death threat. I can understand why someone would sleep worse at that point.
I know we live in a different age now, but instead of seeking to regulate discourse it would be more beneficial for people to learn to dismiss negative comments without assigning any worth or value to them. You only give these types of people more power to affect you by regarding their ridiculous and negative opinions as valid.
If this is the extent with which these people have to interact with the wicked side of human nature, they should consider themselves very fortunate, indeed.
I do agree that threats, especially those violent in nature, should be punished.
On September 25 2017 08:17 J. Corsair wrote: I know we live in a different age now, but instead of seeking to regulate discourse it would be more beneficial for people to learn to dismiss negative comments without assigning any worth or value to them. You only give these types of people more power to affect you by regarding their ridiculous and negative opinions as valid.
If this is the extent with which these people have to interact with the wicked side of human nature, they should consider themselves very fortunate, indeed.
I do agree that threats, especially those violent in nature, should be punished.
No, you are exactly completely wrong. Ridiculous and negative opinions are valid to the person who *sent them* regardless of whether the recepient took them as such or not. What this is doing is at least trying to address the actual issue, which is the threats and the cyberbullying. Your post is pretty much victim blaming in its essence.
I wish people didn't act like such shitfaces on the net..but quite honestly i am much more concerned with real life censorship, and by that I mean the increasing levels in Western countries that infringe of people's expression and alternative views.
On September 25 2017 08:30 TT1 wrote: i grew up on TL so im immune to cyberbullying :x
I don't know if you're being serious but TL.net takes this sort of thing very seriously. This is one of the most civil forums online. We play nice with each other, unlike several other sites of this size.
You guys are really nice here. I posted about this a while back.
On September 25 2017 08:30 TT1 wrote: i grew up on TL so im immune to cyberbullying :x
I don't know if you're being serious but TL.net takes this sort of thing very seriously. This is one of the most civil forums online. We play nice with each other, unlike several other sites of this size.
You guys are really nice here. I posted about this a while back.
On September 25 2017 08:36 KrOjah wrote: I wish people didn't act like such shitfaces on the net..but quite honestly i am much more concerned with real life censorship, and by that I mean the increasing levels in Western countries that infringe of people's expression and alternative views.
I see it the same way.
Cyberbullying in unfortunate, but then we start walking down the path of everything being monitored... And the way the legal system works is that you aren't necessarily punished to the same extent other people committing the crime are (for example hosting a small media sharing site could land you in jail for 20 years), and I think it's better to leave it the way it is. Telling people to behave nicely is fine, but it also brings undesirable attention on the subject - makes it appear a bigger issue than it really is.
I visit many corners of the internet, and it's been at least 10 years since I've felt personally threatened by anyone. Comments like you're bad at the game or you have small boobs here are so insignificant, it's much better to try and find a better community to be a part of and ignore it.
Some people really do try to be intentionally nasty (and the ones I've met have mostly been irl), but most insults that I'll receive while playing BW come off with the same tone of "I hope you step on a lego", even though the actual words themselves would be a lot more mean. I have no doubt that I could meet any of the people I've played with and have an actual conversation (maybe a bit of apologizing hah). I don't know how big an issue it is in Korea, because obviously I'm speaking from a Western perspective here, but it seems almost a non-issue to me.
That said, I do prefer a less anonymous internet, at least when communication is involved, so things like real ID, or at least some way where your image and reputation make an impact to how you're treated. Teamliquid is a little bit like that, though they've been going down the squishy emotion route recently, probably due to having a larger presence and more sponsors to appeal to.
edit: Thanks for the translation Seeker ^^, also with the ASL group selection!
On September 25 2017 05:55 Heyjoray wrote: (T)Flash: "You play this game like f*ing garbage." I also wonder why Flash would say something like that. He could atleast be more subtle
it was said to Flash from an anonymous person. not from him
I was about to say, I remember when this got first revealed and immediately requested a clip of Flash's comment, just so I could send it to people as a joke when they're underperforming, (like the streamer UpATreeZelda).
Obviously it seems a bit in poor taste when it's an anti-CB video, but I just find it so funny hearing Flash say "Wow, you play like fucking garbage."