Bullying on FFXIV

[Brannigan]

This what Real Id would prevent. If someone had to face the idea that everyone could see the kind of person they are online they would fall back on the same social niceties that enables us as a society to get along. Now I know some worry about the security risks involved, but there are good solutions to that as well.
http://www.nist.gov/nstic/

Have you heard of a social networking internet website called Facebook? It's hardly anonymous, but that doesn't stop people from using it as a tool to harass and bully people.

[Yves]

Have you heard of a social networking internet website called Facebook? It's hardly anonymous, but that doesn't stop people from using it as a tool to harass and bully people.

I'd be interested to see just how close the two parties ("victim" and "bully") actually come to physically interacting with one another. I've read a handful of case studies involving high school students but these stand out as, well, outliers. Also, please understand that I am using the term "victim" and "bully" very loosely. In 3 out of 4 studies I've found that both parties are actually "bullies" and that Facebook has only acted as an alternative medium for the behavior.

In short, the likelihood of physical repercussion is very slim from what I've seen.