Unfortunately bullies will be everywhere, no matter where you go and no matter how hard you try to prevent it from happening. The best you can do when you encounter someone giving you trouble is to block them. You can even take screenshots of the encounter if you feel the need, especially if the bully is taking it too far or your feel threatened.
Turning the other way and ignoring the bully is 100% the first thing I always tell people to do, this is something I have to do myself if anyone is trying to give me flack over anything. If you've ever been around me in-game when one of those trouble makers are online then you've probably seen someone causing a fuss, usually always about mods or staff in general due to me being one. Most the time they get bored or tired and leave me alone when I ignore them, but if it ever gets excessive then I will either block them or log off for a couple minutes to an hour. Bullies do not deserve your time so don't give them even a second.
Unfortunately bullies will be everywhere, no matter where you go and no matter how hard you try to prevent it from happening. The best you can do when you encounter someone giving you trouble is to block them. You can even take screenshots of the encounter if you feel the need, especially if the bully is taking it too far or your feel threatened.
Turning the other way and ignoring the bully is 100% the first thing I always tell people to do, this is something I have to do myself if anyone is trying to give me flack over anything. If you've ever been around me in-game when one of those trouble makers are online then you've probably seen someone causing a fuss, usually always about mods or staff in general due to me being one. Most the time they get bored or tired and leave me alone when I ignore them, but if it ever gets excessive then I will either block them or log off for a couple minutes to an hour. Bullies do not deserve your time so don't give them even a second.
Totally agree with this, but sometimes the bullies will circumvent blocking via various means. Not even Discord or other places can prevent that and everyone should know that if things escalate, they need to seek help to put an end to the bullying. I am in fact aware of at least one case where a friend of mind was continuously bullied by someone who would circumvent blocking over and over. They evem pursued them to other places around the web and my friend ultimately decided to delete their accounts and assume a new identity to escape it all.
Unfortunately bullies will be everywhere, no matter where you go and no matter how hard you try to prevent it from happening. The best you can do when you encounter someone giving you trouble is to block them. You can even take screenshots of the encounter if you feel the need, especially if the bully is taking it too far or your feel threatened.
Turning the other way and ignoring the bully is 100% the first thing I always tell people to do, this is something I have to do myself if anyone is trying to give me flack over anything. If you've ever been around me in-game when one of those trouble makers are online then you've probably seen someone causing a fuss, usually always about mods or staff in general due to me being one. Most the time they get bored or tired and leave me alone when I ignore them, but if it ever gets excessive then I will either block them or log off for a couple minutes to an hour. Bullies do not deserve your time so don't give them even a second.
Totally agree with this, but sometimes the bullies will circumvent blocking via various means. Not even Discord or other places can prevent that and everyone should know that if things escalate, they need to seek help to put an end to the bullying. I am in fact aware of at least one case where a friend of mind was continuously bullied by someone who would circumvent blocking over and over. They even pursued them to other places around the web and my friend ultimately decided to delete their accounts and assume a new identity to escape it all.
That is when they need to document the proof of the bully doing so and report it to the proper places. Exactly why I said to even take screenshots of the encounters, to which in this instance you can use it later in the report. Utilize the report button or any form of a report system to get greater forces to stop them from doing this. Report it to discord if they are harassing through discord. Report it to us if they are harassing you in-game or on our forums so we can look into the situation. The same goes to any other place- use the tools around you provided by those platforms to protect yourself. If the platform doesn't allow you those tools, then leave it if it's truly an issue. Any form of bypassing being blocked is grounds for account suspension all the way to termination on some platforms, depending on how seriously they take block-evading as well as how serious the situation is provided the proof shows.