Anti-Bullying - Part 2

A conversation with truedantalion. Michael spends a great deal of time speaking with and writing to the victims who have been bullied here to help them deal with the anger and hurt that they have experienced.
I have been harassed constantly right from day one here. I am an adult and can take it but most of the people who contact Michael are young and feel the insult very deeply. Most of them feel that they cannot take it and leave the site denying them the pleasures and the making of friends so their pain is great.

http://www.youtube.com/truedantalion

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[visualvirtue]

One year later bullying is still headline news!

[Musicofthissphere]

YT does next to nothing to stop bullies and haters.

[Truedantalion]

Thanks a lot for watching, and for your support :-)!

Please feel free to share this video with as many people as you can think of; we want to get lots of constructive feedback on this matter.

[Truedantalion]

@dano465

It's the constant attacks, yes, and the always and again hitting on the same spot, using cheap shots and every mean stab and jab in the book, that makes a bully's assaults so painful and degrading for the victims. And they have to be able to get personal help & support from YouTube.

And what you say, about manners, is exactly what want YouTube to show & pull through to those who bully: That a certain amount of good manners is expected from everyone here, to get along with each other.

[dano465]

Great idea Michael. Mean words hurt. Yes you can brush off a few, but when they are constant they damage your self -confidence. Why? just because someone was not taught good manners. If you can't say something nice, DON"T say anything. Still a good rule.

~Dylan and Lynn

[steammanuk]

good luck ! five stars

[DJOmnimaga]

Plus in real life there are fewer chances that someone will try to hurt your feelings, simply because they will be afraid of getting beaten down in retaliation

[yetwistedbastards]

MORE

Cos those two are one and the same thing, and if we agree that the less you react - the less others will control you, then we might as well conclude that bullies are the best damn thing that ever happened to Youtube!!

[yetwistedbastards]

Truedantalion: Ever happened to misinterpret someone's words and feel hurt, then realize the man meant something else and suddenly feel ok? What you call emotional damage I say it's a mere reaction. If you react to what some twat on the web hurls at you, how will you react when your boss manipulates you with kind words to work weekends for free??

[Truedantalion]

@insomnium92, continued

I do not say that everyone is hurt in the same amount by insults / hate comments / mudslinging campaigns. Still, those who ARE hurt, and can't or simply don't WANT to fight back on that low level, need the reassurance by YouTube that not they, who play by the rules, but THE BULLY, who violates them, is the one who has to change something - or has to go.

"how do you know there are people like this?"

By YouTubers writing to me, and sharing their experiences.