I fell like everyone has the right to express their feelings, and that right should not be taking away from people, to an extent. Many people use Twitter to express their feelings or current events that are happening around them. And just like if you say something offensive/rude to someone in person, that could lead to you getting in serious trouble. Using Twitter, just because it is online and you are behind a screen, doesn't mean you are safe from the people you are saying offensive/rude things to. I am not sure if there is a law for this but honestly I feel like a law is not needed for the online bullying and smack talk of other people through Twitter. It would probably be best if people just reported the bad things that were being said online like on YouTube where people can flag a video and it can be removed based on the amount of flags. It something is said that you take offence to, for example, I hate my school or my teachers suck. Then the person being made fun of or being treated rudely online should report the online harassment and block the person saying it.
I've watched many YouTubers who always have to deal with haters on every type of social media like YouTube itself, Facebook, Twitter and many more. Whatever they post on YouTube they will always have haters. The way some YouTubers react to the haters is simply not caring or just blocking the person. That way you don't have to deal with them anymore. Twitter itself shouldn't need to change, it should be the people using it. Twitter does include a block button, mute button and report button. These can help "block out the haters." I always hate when people tend to send mean tweets online because I just hate people being bullies in general. The only way to stop these people is to actually do something, much like if you say someone getting bullied at school, you would tell the teacher. People who see the online bullying should not just disregard it and take a laugh or be bystanders, we need to act upon bad things we see and report the person/persons doing the online harassment and work together. |
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I agree with how you said we should enforce reporting incidences of bullying rather than taking away the right of people to express their feelings through twitter or other social media. Good work! c:
ReplyDeleteYour opinions on this topic about the famous social media website known as Twitter were well thought and I had enjoyed reading what you have to say about this topic. I strongly agree with your thoughts that you have stated in the first paragraph about how everyone should have the right to express their feelings, however, to a certain extent. In the past, I know what it is like to be a member of the Twitter community and I know how it feels to use this social media site in order to express feelings that one might have or to share what interests you during a specific moment. You have stated in your first paragraph that "I am not sure if there is a law for this but honestly I feel like a law is not needed for the online bullying and smack talk of other people through Twitter." Yes, in the beginning I did say that I do agree with your thoughts about this topic, but this is something that I would have to contradict strongly. You say that there should not be a law against the those who talk bad about people and other things, however, what if in the near future things seem to go bad with this? What will happen if there is no law against this? Would people just continue this unnecessary action? Anyways, other than that, I say once again, your blog has been well thought out and I did enjoy reading. Well done! (-:
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