Could This Story Be The Definitive Answer To Avoid Cyber-bully?

Internet is a medium for people to communicate globally & locally. We all used it somehow & it has became an integral part of life.

Source: Stopcyberbullying

What if this things turn sour & you are trapped in the ugly closet of cyber bullying?

What to do if someone stalks you on internet?

I decided to write this blog today to help all of those  people who are facing it or have gone through it at some point in life, like me.

Yes, I have been a victim of cyber bullying.

I am quite active on my social networking accounts & as an individual I like to share my unbiased views on everything that I encounter on my social accounts & communities.

One day, I was on an amazing facebook page & I liked the posts so much that I decided to write a positive review for the FB page.

I was completely unaware of the ugly, bizarre consequences I was going to face. I wrote the review in evening around 7 PM & then I got busy in my daily chores.

At night on 10:30 PM, My phone buzzed. I looked at the notifications with sleepy eyes. It was a message from some unknown person.

When I opened the message, It wrenched my soul with a unhealable pain. I was numb....

My head spinned when I saw the message.

# That Unknown Person texted me that Someone is trying to defame me online & I replied him asking who is that person (Biggest Mistake ever done *facepalm*)

Once I started talking to him,He revealed that he himself is that person & he has downloaded my profile picture & he is going to edit my picture with photoshop & going to add it with some pornographic content.

Ultimately, He said that he will spread it on every single social networking website.

I was frantic, I stopped replying to that person & then I immediately called my brother who is a social media manager eventually.

He reported that person on facebook & the account of that person was removed from facebook within 6 hours.
This incident left me deeply wounded at emotional level. Many of the similar incidents happened to me at many instances, but every time I moved on in life. This cyber bullying experience may not be that horrible as many of the victims faced but it gave me an inspiration to SAY NO TO CYBER BULLYING.

What To Do When Someone Cyberbullies You?

I am going to share What I learnt from this incident. I am also going to share tips that will help you to avoid cyberbullying.

1. Avoid visiting controversial & less protected sites. In case of Social networking sites like facebook, Never be over-friendly with someone who is not acquaint to you.

2. Keep your pictures safe with different security & privacy options. Keep privacy of your images friends & Only me.

3. If it is necessary to accept friend request from someone you rarely know, mark that person restricted in your friend list. This will prevent him/her knowing all your updates.

4. "Do not respond"
Yes It was my biggest mistake that I responded to that person seeing his message. If you don't respond, you simply cut the crap & do not allow bullies to harass you.

5. I was lucky to have a friend who is social media expert, but you need to be a social media aware person in order to avoid any such situation.

If you are spending a significant time on social networking sites, then you must be aware of pros & cons along with things you need to follow in order to stay safe.

6. Cyber bullying is often motivated by anger, revenge or frustration. Those who do have too much free time & energy ti waste. They do not even realize how much mental harassment a victim faces.

7. Even for fun, do not practice any malicious activity on social networking.

8. If you get cyber bullied, save the evidence, do not delete threatening messages, videos, audios. In case things escalate these will help you.

9. Reach out for help, before everything goes out of control. If you’re getting threats of physical harm, you should call your local police (with a parent or guardian’s help)

10.  Stop blaming yourself- It's not your fault. No one deserves to be treated cruelly, harassed mentally.

11. As a parent keep an eye on the online activity of your children, Be friendly enough with them that they reach out to you in any unfavorable situation & do not take any fatal steps.

I hope this blog will be helpful to all those who want to stay out of it. 

For those who went through cyber-bullying, can share their experience in the comment section, "believe me your Identity will not be disclosed if you wish to keep yourself anonymous."

At the end, I would like to suggest you to stay safe on internet, be fun, be social but do not bother anyone & if someone harasses you then retaliate, ask for help & get out of it.