Popularity and Bullying Online:

I’ll admit it: I read Julia Allison’s “Life Cast” (http://julia.nonsociety.com/).

Why is it that I’m a little ashamed? Maybe because I have also seen the multiple hate sites (i.e. http://gawker.com/#!julia-allison) and extremely mean comments directed to her and her followers.

It makes me wonder, has bullying or its targets changed now that cyber bullying is occurring? I often see very “popular” individuals (celebrities, well known bloggers, etc) as the target of extremely mean, derogatory, and consistent attacks/comments online. It would be interesting to see if there has been a change by asking: Are bullies now targeting different kinds of people in an online setting? What type of comments are made when cyber bullying occurs? How do the targets respond (Julia’s response) to the often anonymous bullies?