Cyber Bullying

With the world of online social network sites comes new issues. Cyber bullying is one of these new issues that that is being addressed by social institutions such as all different levels of school from elementary through high school, even college. More and more people will take their problems and feelings towards others on social network sites such as Facebook or MySpace.
Ive recently seen and increased amount of advertisements against cyber bullying, making people aware of it, and trying to prevent it. The problem is users using social network sites to belittle others to a larger audience that would normally know or see. It is very embarassing to the individual. They obviously would not want information making fun of them posted, replicated, and the persistency that the comment will be online forever, with others commenting as well. Just a few months ago, a girl committed suicide due to cyber bullying. It is continuing to become a larger issue in America and Im sure we'll see more and more ad's calling for the prevention of cyber bullying.

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Death on Social Networks

Deaths of users on websites such as Facebook are new problems in social networking sites. What does Facebook do when a user passes away? This is a difficult issue on social network sites. In the beginning of Facebook, most of the users death were tragic because there was a younger generation on Facebook. Now it is changing as more people come online, there is now an older age group on Facebook of users who will die of natural causes. Though a user may die in real life, their Facebook page will live on forever, leaving families and friends an of online somewhat interactive memorial, where users can view old pictures and comment on their wall about missing them or a story to them. It is very weird to look at Facebooks of those who pass away. The memorializing of deceased users on facebook began in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting. Facebook memorialized those users that passed away, as well as many people devote status's to family and friends in difficult times.