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So lately I've noticed I'm not all into RPs on here anymore. I'm more into stuff that develop characters as opposed to being mission based, or posting abridged posts in spoilers and being funny, or that are story based.

Lately, the stuff I see on here isn't that interesting. I keep waiting and hoping that I'll wake up to something like a murder mystery that allows you to develop characters as much as you want in such little time, especially knowing they can be killed off at any moment. Things with original concepts as opposed to already-made things (some stuff are exceptions, but they're pretty dark, or at least can be).

In a sense, has the type of RP you like to be in changed from your first one to now? Or do you still like the same kind of stuff as always?

Before I begin, I would like to say that this has nothing to do with anything that I've experienced recently as an attack on me or anything, I just happened to stumble across something that really sparked my hatred of cyber bullying to a level where I had to say something. So please don't assume it's a call-out, or me trying to get attention and sympathy (because I will use examples from my life to make points), I just want a legitimate discussion. It shocks me there isn't a thread about this.

Anyway, today I had the misfortune to stumble across this little tumblr post (I reblogged it since I dislike linking to others' blogs), and it just really made me mad.

You have this girl, going through a tough time, you know, and venting innocently, when some dick had the audacity to tell her she should both kill herself and delete her tumblr. I immediately acted and told her that she had people who loved her and people who would back her up. I have friends who have struggled with suicidal thoughts over (what most of the older members would call "stupid kiddy drama") break ups, fights with friends, or overall just jokes that get taken too far. Then people have the balls to go and hide, THEN tell someone to kill themselves. It's just not okay. Cyber bullying is a legit crime and you can get arrested for it. If anyone EVER got a friend of mine to this point, I would easily report them.

How do you know it's legit and not a grab for attention? Fair point. It could be a lie, it could be true. That doesn't change the main point, which is that cyber bullying isn't okay. The people you're insulting are exactly that- people. They aren't just some user you can manipulate.

In my time on the internet, I have been cyber bullied. Call me overly dramatic, but the calling an attention whore, saying I'm plain out annoying, or making a recording imitating me and openly pointing out things you dislike about me is pretty much the definition of cyber bullying. Something as simple as calling someone a little **** could push them over the brink.

I used to deal with it wrongly, I would get dramatic, I would go and make myself seem victimized to others who I knew would support me. I know that's wrong, and now I just think anyone who uses the anonymity of the internet to openly bully someone is just a plain coward. If you can't bring yourself to openly tell someone "I don't like you" to their face, and instead choose to do tiny things to attempt and crush their hopes, you're not cool. You're not smart, you're not popular. You're just that, a stupid coward.

What really gets me though isn't the fact they're simply hiding, it's that half the people that do this don't even know the person. They just know what they see on the outside and not what's on the inside. I'll admit, I can be VERY judgemental, but I would never bully and attack anyone for it. If you don't know me, then that's your problem.

There's a member here who I started on bad terms with. Many of you know them, and some don't. They're the equivalent of "popular" on here. We HATED each other at the start. Eventually, we just got to know each other, and now I consider them a friend, and we talk quite a bit. Hell, even most of the friends who I talk to now are the ones that disliked or hated me when they first met me, then just got to know me. If they still disliked me, they'd at least have my respect because they got to know me.

These are all just my opinions based on my own experiences of course.

Now onto the pressing question: what are YOUR opinions on cyber bullying? Is it too seriously punished? Is it not punished enough? Harmless jokes that escalated? I'd like to hear them from ya, KHV.