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Help! Cyber Bullying! :'[?

Ok. So a while ago on facebook this girl and i had a little stupid cat fight and she changed her status and it was threatening towards me. She said she was going to make my life suck and all this other stuff. it's been weeks and i still am upset about it. It hurt me and I know there is something i could do about it. I deleted my facebook a while back but my best friend said that that status she wrote is still up. its not her status but its on her feed still. What should i Do?

Is it lame to tell on her for this when i feel threatened. Who should i tell? Should i show the status as proof and call it cyber bullying? what would you do?

HELP!

its been making me sad for weeks.

Update:

she has also threatened me before this.. to beat me up and stuff over msn messenger...

Update 2:

im in high school btw.

Update 3:

i've known her since elementary.. she lives less than a mile from me, we are in the same grade and many of the same classes. it wasn't just internet.

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  • LA
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    You can report the status to Facebook. Go to the status on her wall, hover around the top right corner of the status until a little X shows up, click on it, and click "Report as abuse." Online threats are getting taken more and more seriously because of the number of violent incidents that were foreshadowed by online postings.

    If this was weeks ago and she hasn't done anything, she was probably venting out anger and didn't mean it. Not that it was ok at all or it shouldn't have hurt your feelings, but you probably don't need to worry about her doing anything drastic. It may help to talk to a guidance counselor at your school though. They could help you sort out your feelings as well as bring the bullying to the school administrators' attention.

  • I had problems with bullying when I was in middle school and I was threatened several times in high school. I thankfully wasn't facebook friends, but I refused to live my life in fear and let things go. I always made sure someone in an authority position knew what was going on. I had one instance that really scared me about a kid threatening to bring a knife to school and that he had drugs and all sorts of awful things, it turned out he was full of hot air, but if I hadn't wanted to protect myself and others; who knows maybe he could have...

    It's always important to talk to someone you trust and someone who can do something to fix a situation. Soon, a bill will pass that will make bullying illegal. I know this doesn't affect you now but most schools have a 0 tolerance policy. She will be punished and they will probably watch her to make sure she doesn't try to do it again or harm you. Just remember the old addage, "keep your nose clean" and the golden rule. Make sure not to give in to her torments and say anything back because that won't help you.

    Sorry you're being bullied, I hope everything gets better.

  • You should not let her get to you, do not delete your facebook account as it makes you look smaller and afraid of her, show you are strong by moving on in life, carrying on with facebook and ignore her. Tell somebody in your school and make sure you tell the teacher to keep it anonymous, seriously, I used to get bullied and the way it stopped was by talking to a member of staff in my school and they made sure they did not mentioned me so they did not know. The teacher told them off for that reason but put it as something general.

    Hold your head up high, that stupid girl is actually the weak one because she is sad enough to do that childish act and you kept it professional and between just you two. She is probably jealous or something. Seriously, don't let her get to you and show you are strong!

    Please tell someone or you will regret it.

    Source(s): relating to my own experience
  • 1 decade ago

    providing are not in the same school as her,and she doesnt know personal details and the address that live at [eg,was it written in facebook profile?] ,can safely say that she cannot physically get to self-and cause any harm.

    but what she is using here is worse than what any physical damage can do;pyschological bullying-continued abuse using non physical ways of torture and harm.

    it is more difficult to deal with than any fist or headbutt,as she is causing a lot of worry and pressure probably giving her a big thrill,most bullies in real life are cowards and use mental forms of bullying to get at people as it clearly does more damage.

    report her to facebook [like another user says here] and for some close support from friends or family, tell them whats going on.

    woud strongly,strongly recommend to develop a 'wall' between self,and anything nasty said online, try not to feel it is personal or real what they say as it cannot ever be truly based on fact/personal experience without ever really knowing them-so many of these 'keyboard warriors' abuse others,as they have the added security of anonymousity,they can say anything online as they dont have to prove it in 'real life',people need to detach themselves from the personal side of using forums/places like YA to avoid becoming affected victims of online bullying.

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