Cyber bullying is worse than face to face bullying by Rosalyn Mathews

 Cyber bullying is worse than face to face bullying

by Rosalyn Mathews

 Close your eyes and try to imagine being humiliated on the internet where everyone can see it. Everyone from different parts of the world. Imagine being criticized and hated because of your looks or grades. People suffer through this everyday but sometimes it’s just too much for them to take. Physically they might not be hurt but mentally they are broken. Just imagine.

Cyberbullying is not harmless and easy to escape from and it is definitely not better than face to face bullying, in fact it is worse.

Firstly on the internet people can disguise themselves very easily mainly by using fake accounts. By using fake accounts bullies can bully their target easier as they are anonymous and can remain that way. Nobody will know who they truly are and they might not face any consequences. Also so on the internet you can connect with people on a global scale bullies can use this to their advantage by bullying someone who lives far away. This would make it harder for people to catch cyberbullies as it makes it harder to trace it back to them.

You may think it is easy to escape from cyberbullies but it is easier to escape from face to face bullies. It is easier to escape from face to face bullies because you know who your bully actually is and you can just moves schools. However escaping from cyberbullies is much harder as you don’t know who your bully is so he or she can make another account and continue bullying you. Another reason why face to face bullying is easier to escape from is that face to face bullying can only happen for a few hours as they are only at school or the playground. However cyber bullying can happen 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Face to face bullying will only last for a while so it will not stick with you for a long time. However cyber bullying can last for a very long time as it is much easier all you have to do is sit in a chair typing out hurtful messages continuously the bully does not need to be physically strong to take their target down.

One thing people seem to forget is that once you put something online it will stay there forever. You can even delete it but it will still be there somehow. People can find these deleted pictures or messages and use them against you. When you browse the internet you leave footprints behind they are not be actual footprints but it seems like it. If people can follow your “footprint” very bad things could happen. People also tend to put a lot of personal information online. Things like their gender, age and sometimes even their address. If this information gets into the wrong hands serious problems can arise.

I would like to conclude by saying cyberbullying is more dangerous compared to face to face bullying. Cyberbullying can cause psychological damage such as anxiety, depression, and other serious stress and emotion related disorders. In some cases cyberbullying has caused young adult suicide and this number is increasing yearly.