Cyber-Bullying

I am not exactly new to blogging, I've had many blogs that have been deleted and re-made and deleted and re-made since I was about 10. Just because my blogs are mostly for me and my friends (as in they aren't famous or anything) doesn't mean that they're any less legitimate. I post things that I want to share with people, and I know that once I post something, anyone can see it.

Which brings me to another point: Even though I've been blogging for awhile (for almost 5 years), that doesn't mean I always knew what I was doing. For instance, I know now that you should never post negatively about someone you know, even if you do all the normal things like leaving out the name, gender, or age of the person you're talking about. Because I did that once, about a girl in my acting class. 

And it turned out pretty badly. 

I was just in a bad mood, and wanted to get all my anger out online. So I posted this big, long, mean post about this girl, knowing the odds of her ever seeing it were next to nothing. But then someone I did know saw the post and thought I was talking about her. 

Needless to say, it was a big awkward mess. Eventually, I figured it out and deleted the post. But I did learn a lesson: NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER post negatively about someone you know, even if you think they won't see it. That's not to say you can't write about your feelings toward a person. For instance, if someone is bothering you during lunch by stealing your food, you could always write about how frustrated that makes you, without referring to the person. 

I guess I'm writing this because since I've just started high school, I've been introduced to a wider range of people and I've noticed that kids aren't bullied so much in school anymore. It's mostly all online. On twitter, facebook, email and definitely blogs. It's just amazing to me that even the kids who have been insulted or written about online still have the guts to do it to other people. So just be careful what you say, because what goes around comes around.