My stance on "cyber-bullying". What's your stance?

[john]

Hey, I'm a fourteen year old boy wanting to share my opinion on a subject in which I think people are overreacting to. Now, first of all I have heard that people have committed suicide due to cyber-bullying and my prayers go out to their families. Back on topic.
I play online games, I text, I use the internet a lot, for work, for play, for online socializing, Like most kids my age. (BTW I'm talking about teens bullying teens; kids to kids; teens to kids; or even kids to teens I'll admit that do you get some exceptionally eyebrow raising profanity spewed at you.
I'll admit that some people can hit an emotional spot in you. (Dying parents, family member, religion, or what some people like to joke about: your mother). I'll admit that the "bullies" can get away with it. Many say bullies say things about your dying family member and such.. but how do they even know about your dying family member? it is COMMON KNOWLEDGE that you should not give out personal details on the internet. Parents are saying cyber-bullying is SUCH a huge issue, but THEY are the ones who should teach their kids what to say and what to put about yourself on the internet. PARENTS are the ones who should tell their kids to put their facebook or twitter accounts private; so only their friends can see it. (in regards to people pretending to be a friend, I'll get to that later) If kids are in a chat room or some messaging thing (for whatever reason) and are getting bullied, media and parents make it out like the kids are locked up with their faces glued to the text. They make it out like there IS NO BIG RED "X" in the right hand corner of the screen. "NO. My kids are locked in this big room with someone emotionally hurting them with text that can't be closed, ignored or looked away from." Parents need to teach their kids NOT TO GIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION PUBLIC and to IGNORE THOSE WEIRDOS ON THE INTERNET. If kids would do this, the bullies would be bullied. The bullies would have put effort into hurting someone and done absolutely NOTHING.
If parents can't teach their children those things, they should not allow internet access to their children.
In regards to people pretending to be friends, parents also make it out like YOU CANT "UNFRIEND" THE PERSON AFTER "FRIENDING" THEM. I believe that most of those kids "who had their lives hurt" by cyber bullying had parents who never taught them about basic online practices.

It's not just the parents fault. Social media has made it out that everything anybody says is a big deal. if someone says "That sarah girl is such an idiot" everybody who knows sarah will make a big deal instead of just ignoring the person.

Well, that's my rant from someone who has been unsuccessfully bullied several times. (By that I mean, they never got my personal info, I just ignored them and pressed the red "x". the button that media and parents say is invisible.

[Ghert qux 2]

My stance on cyber bullying and online harassment is that websites are about 90% at fault for it. Perhaps, legally social networking sites are not liable if something bad happens. But that doesn't mean it's morally and ethically right to avoid offering proper safety features. There's lots of things that are not illegal but on the same token, they are morally wrong.
The reason being is that they do not have strong security, privacy, and blocking features. Although, many websites are improving, I still think that they need to do more.
My advice for people is to boycott chat sites that don't care about it's users. Stop supporting chat sites that don't take the time to make sure their chat rooms are safe, and people are free from harassment.
Parents also need to take control of what their kids are doing online. If you know your kid is being cyber bullied, and the website offers no practical solution to block out the bullies, do not allow your kids to use that site. Ban them from using the site and offer an alternative website that is safer.