Many people join live streams to abuse others

Apr 2, 2015 13:12 GMT  ·  By
Cyberbullies have taken to Periscope to leave their hurtful comments
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   Cyberbullies have taken to Periscope to leave their hurtful comments

News came out that Periscope has surpassed its main competitor, Meerkat, but things aren't all swell for the recently crowned king of live streaming.

In less than a week from its release on the market, people have noticed some not so flattering shortcomings within the now famous app.

Some users seem to think that live streaming was specifically made up to facilitate their intrusion into other people’s personal space. Twitter has dealt with abuse since forever, but things seem to have gotten a little out of hand ever since Periscope was launched.

Some people join your live streaming for a completely different reason

So the Periscope community guidelines clearly state that its users must respect each other and “not abuse, harass or post others’ private, confidential information.” But what if people have no interest in reading these rules or maybe they could not care less about following them?

Well, there is not much you can do since there is no way to report the abuse. Maybe Twitter should have thought about adding this option to its live streaming service also.

As reported by the Business Insider, a great number of people who willingly join in to see your live streams are generally cyber bullies who have just found a way to get their message through faster, invading the videos with vulgarities and obscene comments.

Many people who wanted to share with people around the world some of the most important moments of their day were often confronted with rude people, whose only purpose was to offend and make the others uncomfortable.

This is why it is recommended to be more careful about who you choose to share your live streams with.

On the spur of the moment, you might feel the urge to allow everybody to join your live streaming, but if you want to avoid any unwanted guests, then you had to better check your default settings.

Many people are not aware of the fact that streams do not have to be public; you can just limit yourself to sharing them with your friends. This way you will be able to keep the bullies away, and you won't have to deal with online abuse.

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