It was disappointing, yet not at all surprising, to hear of the new smash-hit website entitled LittleGossip.com, which promotes bullying behaviour online.
In one post, a student at Eton made the following barely literate contribution about a peer: ‘mate your a ******* wannabe, u spend all of dads cash on your drug addiction.’
Another pupil at Emanuel School in Battersea, South London, wrote of a girl at the school: ‘****** is working her way through the boys, but unfortunately hasn’t made any girl friends along the way, what will she do when she runs out of boys? And who is her next target?’
In my opinion, even if this site gets closed down, it’s only a matter of time before copycat sites appear all over the place. While it is integral that parents and teachers are proactive in curbing bullying the problem is far too great to have confidence that such measures is going to be near sufficient. Instead, it’s up to the online community to ensure that all such sites get closed down. There is absolutely nothing of benefit for sites like this to exist. We must ensure that we do all we can to stop the proliferation of online bullying. It is one of the worst types of bullying. Shame on the creators and users of this horrendous website!
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