Bullying on FFXIV

[Risae]

Whats wrong with bullying in an MMO? I'm doing it all the time. It's so much fun to see the players freak out.
Always worth a laugh.

[Aethelinda]

Whats wrong with bullying in an MMO? I'm doing it all the time. It's so much fun to see the players freak out.
Always worth a laugh.

errr.... no.

[Huginn]

I did not realize it when i was writing my last post, but, oops... Godwin's law: ACTIVATE!!!

[Azurymber]

Guys don't you get it? bullying is wrong!
I know what it feels like because in real life I'm a scene girl.
And people really hate scene girls for some reason :x

this one time some guy put the wrong hairspray in my hair.. like gross.

But yeah, bullying is not funny or cool. Be nice! or be lice? or something

Also I get bullied all the time on these forums and it makes me really sad ; ; You guys don't want me to cut do you!?
People always make fun of my posts telling me I'm stupid and to go away.
Its super mean

[strallaalaa]

There are many corollaries to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)[3] than others.[1] For example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever debate was in progress. The coupling of this corollary with the initial statement of the law proves every threaded discussion to be finite in length.[8] This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law. It is considered poor form to raise such a comparison arbitrarily with the motive of ending the thread. There is a widely recognized corollary that any such ulterior-motive invocation of Godwin's law will be unsuccessful


aww you technically ended the thread /close. lol.

[Gentaro]

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OP post seems randomly just copypasta'd in here D:

[Aethelinda]

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OP post seems randomly just copypasta'd in here D:

Don't know what are you real intentions, if contributing to the OP debate or just create a problem with your post but either way thanks for trying. Actually you are half right but then again a pointless reply. You are not contributing to the main idea of the thread. Some of the things are not "randomly copied paste" but rather taken from an article by a professional psychologist therefore it does not diminishes the point of the OP. The purpose is to help people understand better on how much can affect us. You will noticed that I added the site at the bottom. So what are your opinions about the article's main idea?

[Yrusama]

Once again, too many responses to read through.

Yes, bullying is a problem in all parts of the internet. Unfortunately their goal is to get a reaction, which is exactly what this thread is giving them. For better or worse, there is no "Killing Ifrit" website for XIV that I know of where people can slander each other, but that doesn't mean you can't warn your friends if someone is abusive. Just remember that rumors are rumors - not everyone will believe them, and not all of them are believable.

[Apricoth]

Someone had already mentioned it but I want to parrot it anyway - remember that this is the internet and you are playing a game. The glory of it is you can screenshot their antagonizing comments to you or another individual, report it (or keep a file to create a virtual "paper trail"), report it to the GMs and advise all those who were effected, including yourself, to put them on ignore. You have the power over yourself - the bully does not have power over you unless you give it to them. Shut their arses right down. I know the tactics have to be different outside of the internet, there is no doubt. However, you have many options here. Just tell them, "Hey, welcome to my blacklist. Have a nice stay." /blist.

Also, I see no problem with the OP posting this. This isn't necessarily playing into the hands of a bully. What it does is it tells the bully(s) that we are on to their game, they are going to be taken to task and gtfo basically.

I cannot stress this enough (and others have voiced it) - bullies are fueled by an ongoing negative interaction. Just stop, recognize for what it is and act accordingly.

[Ingolf]

I find that the majority of people who get 'harassed' or 'bullied' actually tend to be the instigator. Most of them have blinkers on, however.

There was this guy on a forum I used to be on, and he'd start so much shit with people, but as soon as someone turned around and took the piss out of him he'd start crying to moderators about being bullied or harassed. I still get emails from him trying to start shit with me. The last time I replied to him (I used to get 3 or 4 a day) he said he was contacting the canadian anti bullying agency.

TLDR: The bullied are normally instigating shit.