Published on November 29th, 2013 | by Sedgrid Lewis
0Sharkeisha Twitter Tribe Engage in Crowd Source Bullying
#sharkeisha is the face of crowd source bullying. Crowd source bullying is when a bully attacks their victim and the attack is uploaded to social media sites that continue the victimization through soliciting memes, vines, and hurtful comments. Over the past 72 hours Sharkeisha has become an overnight internet sensation based upon her sucker punch of another female. The video below shows the attack.
After the attack was uploaded to popular hip hop site World Star Hip Hop, countless memes appeared on Twitter. This memes pokes fun at Chris Brown and Rhianna domestic abuse incident.
The crowd source bullying moved from Twitter to Vine. There were several vines made within hours. Here is one that sets the entire incident to music.
The crowd source bullying continued on Thanksgiving. Sharkeisha’s Twitter Tribe used Thanksgiving hashtags to glorify Sharkeisha’s fight. The Twitter Tribe gave thanks to Sharkeisha as a joke. There are rumors that Sharkeisha’s victim may have committed suicide. The countless submissions of tweets, memes, vines, has the potential of leading the victim to self harm.
Parents have to promote digital citizenship in their household. Young people have to stand up for the victim and denounce this type of behavior on social media sites. Once teens like Sharkeisha realize that this type of behavior is socially unacceptable crowd source bullying will decrease.
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Sedgrid Lewis Sedgrid Lewis is the founder of Spy Parent LLC. He is an internationally recognized safety expert specializing in surveillance equipment, internet monitoring software, and mobile applications for parents and child care professionals. Sedgrid has been highlighted in over 20 major publications. Sedgrid has been covered by Fox News, CBS News, NBC News, Readwrite, Gizmodo, and many more. He is a contributor to Your Teen Magazine.
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