# Cyberbullying- why do kids just not read the messages?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyberbullying-why-do-kids-just-not-read-the-messages/744117>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 24, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyberbullying-why-do-kids-just-not-read-the-messages/744117 "2016-01-24T22:38:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyberbullying-why-do-kids-just-not-read-the-messages/744117/13 "2016-01-25T11:50:46Z")

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> [@Freud's trinity: any psych majors in the house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freuds-trinity-any-psych-majors-in-the-house/98031/11):
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> I have been trashed online; I’ve even been banned from two message boards. … I was curious what people were saying about me, but not curious enough to read the stuff.

No , _you_ haven’t been trashed. And no, _you_ haven’t been banned from anything.  
An anonymous poster with the fake name ThelmaLou was trashed and banned.

Imagine how you’d feel if you were posting here (and at those other boards you mention) using your real name, with your face clearly visible—and everyone you know was reading about how you are such trash.

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