Suffering Online
Posted on September 6, 2007 - Filed Under Watching the World |
Online community Web sites allow people to establish relationships with a number of strangers via the Internet and reportedly to feel more popular. Such sites are also “a paradise for liars”, racists, busybodies, and the prejudiced, says Folha Online. Some site users fake their own profiles. Others bully those who are overweight, are short, have frizzy hair, and so on, causing them great emotional pain. According to Brazilian psychologist Ivelise Fortim, this occurs because “what happens on [Web Sites] is more important to the victims than what happens in daily life.” - Taken from Awake! September 2007
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