Reflection

In class today, we watched a video about witnessing bullying. A boy got bullied by kids and we pressed a button to see what would happen if a witness spoke up. The classroom activity was finding out who we are online. We googled ourselves and wrote about what we saw. It makes me think about how many kids in the world are getting bullied and it also makes me think about all the people seeing these kids get bullied and are just watching and not doing anything to stop it. Online I appear as old bald dudes. People perceive me as an old bald guy. The goal of internet trolls is to make people angry. They put all of their energy into making people feel bad and creating situations to hurt and discourage people. The positive results of online anonymity are that you stay protected from weirdos. The negative results are people use online anonymity to hurt people without having their identity given up.