Online bullying?

[Aoi Magi]

How does online bullying manifest itself?

In much the same way that bullying does in real life: ridicule, belittlement, exploiting vulnerabilities, threatening behaviour, attempted dominance, limiting the social influence of others... everything except physical chastisement.

What about as adults? Are adults immune to this sort of childish behavoir?

Nope. Happens in the workplace, too.

The biggest issue with cyberbullying is that it gives the bully access to their target 24/7, in environments where targets used to be safe (e.g. at home). It's that constant, unrelenting aspect to the bullying that gives online forms potentially greater psychologically impact than others.

Exactly. It's just the constant psychological torment that gets to you, and there isn't much room to escape online.

If you look at our mafia section, you can see how much stress and depression can be caused in people, simply by disagreeing with them. These days, being online has become a social norm, and is pretty much the only way to escape real life issues. So when the bullying comes online, especially for adults who will have to bottle-up the distress within them the threat becomes much more dangerous than irl.