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Extremist social media apps should be banned in schools, colleges and universities.

So I was at college a couple of months ago and a group of vile boys were laughing and pointing at me during lunch. My friend confronted them and looked shocked but wouldn't tell me why.

So I stormed up and grabbed the phone they were sharing around. It was a meme saying "Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a feminist from any direction" with a picture of ME on it!

Noone should have to put up with vile missogynistic abuse and harassment on social media but it gets WORSE.

The boy who did it, he denies it but I know it was him as he tried to snog me last year and I kicked him in the balls is bragging that he is getting paid to post his VILE HATEFUL MISSOGYNISTIC things in cryptocurrency and loads of people are giving him points and upvoting him so he gets more.

Let that sink in, he is getting paid to post pictures of me with sexist and missogynistic incel trolls giving him credits or tokens or something.

So I told my mum who said she'd get the boy expelled but he denies it and theres no way to stop the site as it says its free speech and it wont give out identities. A few days ago the school said theyd investigated and reported it to the police who wont do nothing and theres nothing they can do as it could have been any of them and they wont tell them who.

So why aren't these extremist social medias banned as theyre only there for bullying and racists and missogynists? I looked on it and its full of climate change deniers, homophobes, sexists and even nazi porn.
That must be really traumatic for you. You are really stunning and brave to bring this to light.

I have heard about minds. A couple of students in the school I work at, we’re caught on minds sharing Andrew Tate videos at break time. Phones aren’t allowed in class, but the internet is 24/7. Nothing we can do…
What's defined as "extremist social media apps"? As in what are names of them?

I don’t like social media either for the most part but yeah
Original post by MusicTeacher5000
That must be really traumatic for you. You are really stunning and brave to bring this to light.

I have heard about minds. A couple of students in the school I work at, we’re caught on minds sharing Andrew Tate videos at break time. Phones aren’t allowed in class, but the internet is 24/7. Nothing we can do…


Yeah but there is something you can do. You should ban it. How can we say we live in a democracy if people are being PAID to post sexist things?

Theres laws against it so it should be illegal. Why do I as a student have to smash someones phone to stop this? Its because the teachers and police wont do anything about it.

Which is DISGUSTING.
Original post by Talkative Toad
What's defined as "extremist social media apps"? As in what are names of them?

I don’t like social media either for the most part but yeah


Its called minds. And its shocking. Think there might be others but can't remember what their called.
Original post by Pandoraoreilly
Its called minds. And its shocking. Think there might be others but can't remember what their called.


Ah I've never heard of that social media platform.
Original post by Pandoraoreilly
So I was at college a couple of months ago and a group of vile boys were laughing and pointing at me during lunch. My friend confronted them and looked shocked but wouldn't tell me why.

So I stormed up and grabbed the phone they were sharing around. It was a meme saying "Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a feminist from any direction" with a picture of ME on it!

Noone should have to put up with vile missogynistic abuse and harassment on social media but it gets WORSE.

The boy who did it, he denies it but I know it was him as he tried to snog me last year and I kicked him in the balls is bragging that he is getting paid to post his VILE HATEFUL MISSOGYNISTIC things in cryptocurrency and loads of people are giving him points and upvoting him so he gets more.

Let that sink in, he is getting paid to post pictures of me with sexist and missogynistic incel trolls giving him credits or tokens or something.

So I told my mum who said she'd get the boy expelled but he denies it and theres no way to stop the site as it says its free speech and it wont give out identities. A few days ago the school said theyd investigated and reported it to the police who wont do nothing and theres nothing they can do as it could have been any of them and they wont tell them who.

So why aren't these extremist social medias banned as theyre only there for bullying and racists and missogynists? I looked on it and its full of climate change deniers, homophobes, sexists and even nazi porn.


So because of a couple of douche bags that’s makes an entire platform extremist ?

What are these so called platforms?

Also you know how you took offence to being basically called ugly etc . I and many others take offence at being labelled extremist just because we happen to use an app some ********s also use .
Original post by Micromanager
So because of a couple of douche bags that’s makes an entire platform extremist ?

What are these so called platforms?

Also you know how you took offence to being basically called ugly etc . I and many others take offence at being labelled extremist just because we happen to use an app some ********s also use .



Why would you be using an EXTREMIST social media app unless you wanted to continue missogyny?

Eh can't answer that one can you?

And as for fat shaming me I think we all know who the douche bag is.
You should report him for his behaviour. You might be able to ask the college to block the website on their network but this is pretty easily circumvented on his part. (using just either his mobile data or Tor/VPNs) In general, there is no real way to "block" websites that is not pretty trivial to circumvent apart from the host withdrawing or getting law enforcement in the US involved. (the latter would not really happen, and since they have been getting on fine since 2015 I doubt the former will happen either) The platform is apparently open source, so even if it was taken down it wouldn't be hard to fork and continue it. They use cryptocurrency so they don't have payment processors to worry about. (who would have been able to withdraw service and threaten the site's existence) I think individual disciplinary action for him for his actions towards you, and maybe getting the site blocked on the school network, is the most feasible route for you.
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Original post by Pandoraoreilly
Why would you be using an EXTREMIST social media app unless you wanted to continue missogyny?

Eh can't answer that one can you?

And as for fat shaming me I think we all know who the douche bag is.


No I can’t because you have skirted over my question. An app isn’t extremist just because you think it is. That’s a false equivalence.

Example , Facebook no doubt has racists, homophobes etc , does that mean that just because they exist ( and are in the minority ) that everyone who uses Facebook should be lumped into that same group . Answer : No .

There is not I’m aware of a single mainstreams app in existence today that is openly extremist , ie openly promotes racism etc.

So I repeat what I originally said . Stop because of a few ********s lumping us all together. What you are doing is in principle exactly the same as if I was mugged by a black man and then claimed all blacks are criminals. That statement and the one you are alluding to are both grossly inaccurate , offensive and racist .
tbqh it would make sense to block any social media on school networks just because it's easier. can't really stop people from just using mobile data though. could go one further and block anything with user-generated content, and maybe allow YouTube with the education filter.
(edited 9 months ago)
Original post by Micromanager
No I can’t because you have skirted over my question. An app isn’t extremist just because you think it is. That’s a false equivalence.

Example , Facebook no doubt has racists, homophobes etc , does that mean that just because they exist ( and are in the minority ) that everyone who uses Facebook should be lumped into that same group . Answer : No .

There is not I’m aware of a single mainstreams app in existence today that is openly extremist , ie openly promotes racism etc.

So I repeat what I originally said . Stop because of a few ********s lumping us all together. What you are doing is in principle exactly the same as if I was mugged by a black man and then claimed all blacks are criminals. That statement and the one you are alluding to are both grossly inaccurate , offensive and racist .


Yeah but when people are banned from facebook for being racist, sexist or homophobic they all go to these extremist apps. So they are EXTREMIST apps because they aren't allowed to use facebook anymore.
Aside from being a music teacher, I am also a school governor. I have received numerous concerns from parents, about social media in general - minds has cropped up of those that may be considered extreme. It has 6million users and you can earn crypto, which can be turned into cash, for s***posting all day.
Original post by Pandoraoreilly
So I was at college a couple of months ago and a group of vile boys were laughing and pointing at me during lunch. My friend confronted them and looked shocked but wouldn't tell me why.

So I stormed up and grabbed the phone they were sharing around. It was a meme saying "Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a feminist from any direction" with a picture of ME on it!

Noone should have to put up with vile missogynistic abuse and harassment on social media but it gets WORSE.

The boy who did it, he denies it but I know it was him as he tried to snog me last year and I kicked him in the balls is bragging that he is getting paid to post his VILE HATEFUL MISSOGYNISTIC things in cryptocurrency and loads of people are giving him points and upvoting him so he gets more.

Let that sink in, he is getting paid to post pictures of me with sexist and missogynistic incel trolls giving him credits or tokens or something.

So I told my mum who said she'd get the boy expelled but he denies it and theres no way to stop the site as it says its free speech and it wont give out identities. A few days ago the school said theyd investigated and reported it to the police who wont do nothing and theres nothing they can do as it could have been any of them and they wont tell them who.

So why aren't these extremist social medias banned as theyre only there for bullying and racists and missogynists? I looked on it and its full of climate change deniers, homophobes, sexists and even nazi porn.


Granted someone using your image in a derogatory way isn't pleasant. Seems that Social Media of all sorts is quite a problem for schools as bullying can now be a 24/7 pastime rather than merely during school hours. Though what you describe isn't in itself sexist as feminism is an ideology, not a sex. Presumably at least half of feminists are male, hence if the same post had a picture of a male feminist on it would that also be sexist or misogynistic?

One avenue you could pursue is their terms of service. To hold an account you must be 18+ or 13+ with parental consent. Hence if they don't have parental consent then I would presume that the site would remove their account for breaching the site rules, which is effectively a contract. Anyone can hold an Ethereum cryptocurrency wallet, it's entirely trustless, though you could potentially cut off his source of income.

What on earth is Nazi porn though? The mind boggles!
This smells quite trollish ngl. On the off chance it’s genuine then what you’ve described isn’t extremist social media, it’s just a horrible meme they’ve made about you. You don’t need any social media app to make a meme.

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