User blog comment:Sannse/Stand Up and Speak Out/@comment-24445087-20140130223653

It's the internet though, you can basically do whatever you want with no represcussions. That's one of the benefits here, nothing you do affects your real life persona unless it's completely illegal like hacking or other touchy subjects. Bullying however, as long as it's not connected to real life (people often associate cyberbullying with harrassing people from your school on social networking sites, but it can often happen with total strangers) there aren't any consequences. While harrassment is unnecessary and can probably be resolved using civil discussion, what measures can you really take on the internet to eradicate it? It's here to stay, I'm afraid. And it shouldn't be our fault if someone commits suicide just because they are offended by something they see on the internet. People need to learn that the internet isn't tangable, if you don't like what some complete stranger has to say, just take a break from the internet and do something else. It's a little hard for adults to actually grasp the concept that the internet is different from real life interactions, but just take these words for your own benefit, from someone who's not an adult who spends an awful lot of time on the internet.

(Edit) In a nutshell, the cyberbullying controversies aren't what the media makes them out to be.