Important Issue Recently I've seen lots of posts that include the following: "Kill yourself" "You won't/haven't amount(ed) to anything" "Fuck yourself you low life" "Your gay" Et cetera et cetera Let me say something, most people take this seriously. Let me first address the suicide like posts. This is nothing to play with, telling someone to kill themselves on PIMD could actually be the last thing someone needs to actually do this mistake. For one it's harassment and abusive/cyber bullying. Which is against the law. Let me share this story: After being blackmailed on Skype, Daniel Perry, a 17-year-old from Scotland, jumped to his death from a local bridge. Daniel was harassed often on his social media page, with commenters telling him to kill himself and that he should cut his throat. He was then tricked into Skyping with someone he was told was a girl his own age and then blackmailed with screenshots by the anonymous users. His Ask.fm was linked to his Twitter and shows him discussing his Skype information with users a week before his suicide. Post relating to suicide are not jokes and shouldn't be taken lightly. The next issue is about calling people things like homosexual. Calling people gay is something not to be messed with either, like the suicidal posts, this can be offensive especially to any younger players who play. You don't know them in RL, so don't make offensive accusations. Now, we must also address the issue of overall harassment, it's unnecessary and stupid. This has caused many suicides and such, messed up people's lives because of small insults over the internet. Yes, maybe they should know the difference between online and real life insults, learn to not take online insults seriously, but some just don't because they are so depressed. I'm not trying to accuse or force anything, simply bringing to attention some important issues.
I agree. There's a difference in sharing an opinion and trying to obliterate someone's self-esteem. People shouldn't be afraid to be who they are and voice their own opinions for fear of ignorant people that have nothing better to do other than beat someone down.
I'm pretty lucky to live......this drama I spent years with and I'm still alive, people would ask why I'm not dead