Boxer combats cyberbullying by tracking down his Twitter bully

[Destiny]

Becareful Cyber bullies... don't want to piss off the wrong person!

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/boxing...racking-down-his-twitter-bully-024738024.html

Boxer Curtis Woodhouse lived out the private fantasy of countless athletes on Monday, forcing a confrontational Twitter tormentor to back down by turning up at his house.
Woodhouse, a former professional soccer player in his native United Kingdom, snapped upon receiving a series of taunting tweets from a user named "The Master" after losing his English lightweight title to Shayne Singleton in a controversial bout last weekend.
"Whats funny u put so much effort in, sacrificed all that time and failed to defend your Mickey Mouse title," was one of the more palatable messages from the @jimmyob88 handle, part of a stream of rants laced with offensive language.
Yet the keyboard warrior soon had the wind taken out of his sails when Woodhouse apparently tracked down the user's address and drove to his street, believed to be in Sheffield in the northern English county of Yorkshire.
Upon his arrival, Woodhouse tweeted a photograph of the street sign, stating: "Right Jimbob, I'm here! Someone tell me what number he lives at, or do I have to knock on every door."
At that point the clearly (and understandably) flustered Twitter "troll" decided discretion was the better part of valor, and hastily retreated into a neutral corner of cyberspace, offering a series of apologetic messages and insisting his taunts were merely intended in jest.
Woodhouse took his leave and it is understood that the pair never met face to face, but by the time the fighter had returned home his actions had gone viral on the Internet.

 

[dighn]

another example of the convergence of the intarwebs and real life. it's no longer the case where you can do any douchy/illegal things without a care. consequences will never be the same.

 

[ImpulsE69]

There's a much simpler solution. GTFO of Twitter...

 

[BUTCH1]

There's a much simpler solution. GTFO of Twitter...

Exactly, here's some more text from the article, "Ever since Twitter became part of the culture of modern sports, athletes have lamented their susceptibility to unfettered abuse, with pro tennis player Rebecca Marino citing cyberbullying as a major reason behind her retirement at the age of 22."

I mean WTF, you've spent how many years getting good enough to compete at the pro level then you quit because of shit put up on Twitter?, hey dumbass, how about deleting your account and go on with your life, geez...

 

[Ns1]

There's a much simpler solution. GTFO of Twitter...

But then you don't become an Internet legend.

 

[WelshBloke]

There's a much simpler solution. GTFO of Twitter...

Yeah but its far, far more entertaining for everyone involved for the internet toughguy to get his arse handed to him by an IRL toughguy.

 

[sourn]

Cyberbulling is such a joke. O boo hoo he made fun of me on the nets. Get over it.

Don't get me wrong I have no problem with what this guy did. Pretty funny actually. I wouldn't have wasted my money on hunting somebody down because he talked crap on the net though.

 

[eits]

 

[disappoint]

Cyberbulling is such a joke. O boo hoo he made fun of me on the nets. Get over it.

This. I hope one of the apologies was "Oh boo hoo, so sorry tough guy got his feelings hurt. No wonder he lost his fight. All he can fight now is people outside the ring. QQ some more LOSER."

But then this story is fake so I guess the real loser is the author. Come at me bro.

 

[actuarial]

There's a much simpler solution. GTFO of Twitter...

While I agree with the premise, something strikes me as odd that this is the one time where we tell the 'victims' of bullying they are responsible for avoiding the bullying.

If someone was shouting at you in a restaurant, would you just leave it?

If a kid is bullied at school, should they just transfer?

Obviously deleting your twitter account has less impact to your life than transferring schools, but is it really that much less than leaving a restaurant?

If this guy otherwise enjoys using twitter, the GTFO option isn't just so simple.

 

[disappoint]

another example of the convergence of the intarwebs and real life. it's no longer the case where you can do any douchy/illegal things without a care. consequences will never be the same.

lol

 

[actuarial]

Only a loser like you would think calling someone a loser is illegal.

"/" means or.

He never said calling someone a loser was illegal. He did imply it was douchey OR illegal. Most reasonable people would assume he meant douchey.

 

[disappoint]

"/" means or.

He never said calling someone a loser was illegal. He did imply it was douchey OR illegal. Most reasonable people would assume he meant douchey.

You're write. How could I be so stupid? I feel reary bad now. And YIOU made me feel bad. You now what that means. I'm googling your nickname now. If I find it on failbook I'll just make friends with one of your failbook friends and pretend to be a well endowed person of the same sex. Woo them. Meet up with them for sum booty then follow them around until they lead me to your street. knock knock. Who's there? Orange. Orange who? Orange you glad the jumpsuit they give you in prison isn't pink?

 

[Newbian]

Cyberbulling is such a joke. O boo hoo he made fun of me on the nets. Get over it.

Don't get me wrong I have no problem with what this guy did. Pretty funny actually. I wouldn't have wasted my money on hunting somebody down because he talked crap on the net though.

Reminds me of the end of jay and silent bob strike back.

The guy should had let him punch him and he would had been set for life with a nice lawsuit although he would had gotten more if the guy had won....

 

[edro]

Only athletes use twitter.
It's the easiest way for busy non-technical people to interact with the internet.

 

[mikeymikec]

If the solution to either type of bullying was so simple as the suggestion to "keep away from them", the problem wouldn't exist (or at least, it wouldn't be anywhere near as common as it is).

Bullying (in my experience) has two facets to it typically. You've got the douche-bag aggressor and someone who either has an easy-to-target point in their life or doesn't know the best way to deal with the aggressor (or perhaps isn't able to).

What I find strange is, and it reminds me of a thread I posted here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2304726&highlight=

Is that instead of casting judgement on the aggressor, a lot of people think that the person who hasn't done anything negative to warrant such behaviour is the one who ought to change their behaviour. This makes me think that the people who point fingers at the person being bullied have no experience of being bullied themselves, but also, what the hell is wrong with people? This sort of behaviour happens worryingly often in society, like people wanting to point a finger at a rape victim like they must have been doing something to have warranted such a response - they must have dressed in a certain way, or deigned to go out for a drink, etc.

I also think that if people communicated on the Internet as if they were talking face-to-face, douche-bag behaviour on the Internet would be a lot less common.

 

[CPA]

While I agree with the premise, something strikes me as odd that this is the one time where we tell the 'victims' of bullying they are responsible for avoiding the bullying.

If someone was shouting at you in a restaurant, would you just leave it?

If a kid is bullied at school, should they just transfer?

Obviously deleting your twitter account has less impact to your life than transferring schools, but is it really that much less than leaving a restaurant?

If this guy otherwise enjoys using twitter, the GTFO option isn't just so simple.

agreed, but unlike where real-life bullying usually involved physical bullying, cyber-bullying is not the case. My question is whatever happened to the ol' saying " sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me". As a polock and with a last name that can be manipulated in all kinds of "cruel" words, I had to keep that saying in my back pocket as a kid.

 

[Newbian]

. You've got the douche-bag aggressor and someone who either has an easy-to-target point in their life or doesn't know the best way to deal with the aggressor (or perhaps isn't able to).

If only there was a way to block people from posting on your feed / page...

 

[disappoint]

If the solution to either type of bullying was so simple as the suggestion to "keep away from them", the problem wouldn't exist (or at least, it wouldn't be anywhere near as common as it is).

Bullying (in my experience) has two facets to it typically. You've got the douche-bag aggressor and someone who either has an easy-to-target point in their life or doesn't know the best way to deal with the aggressor (or perhaps isn't able to).

What I find strange is, and it reminds me of a thread I posted here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2304726&highlight=

Is that instead of casting judgement on the aggressor, a lot of people think that the person who hasn't done anything negative to warrant such behaviour is the one who ought to change their behaviour. This makes me think that the people who point fingers at the person being bullied have no experience of being bullied themselves, but also, what the hell is wrong with people? This sort of behaviour happens worryingly often in society, like people wanting to point a finger at a rape victim like they must have been doing something to have warranted such a response - they must have dressed in a certain way, or deigned to go out for a drink, etc.

I also think that if people communicated on the Internet as if they were talking face-to-face, douche-bag behaviour on the Internet would be a lot less common.

Fear?

 

[highland145]

Yeah but its far, far more entertaining for everyone involved for the internet toughguy to get his arse handed to him by an IRL toughguy.

This and, unless the guy is a total idiot, he learned a valuable lesson. The Golden Rule.

 

[disappoint]

This and, unless the guy is a total idiot, he learned a valuable lesson. The Golden Rule.

I don't think this means what you think it means.

 

[highland145]

I don't think this means what you think it means.

Sure it does. Act like a douche and you might get your ass kicked.


Don't end up in a roadside ditch.

 

[mikeymikec]

If only there was a way to block people from posting on your feed / page...

Congratulations, you missed the point of that post, and in the process of doing so, that post was partly about your behaviour.

 

[mikeymikec]

Fear?

This has been my conclusion before as well. People generally want to believe that if they follow common 'rules of thumb' in life, they'll avoid all the nasty things that can happen to them. Therefore, when something happens to someone that might challenge that logic, people want to find a way of 'blaming' the person, rather than accepting some fundamental truths about life.

 

[soulcougher73]

What is twitter?