Cyberbullying is a type of bullying that happens through email, social media sites, phone messages, or in any other digital space.[3] Cyberbullying can include threatening messages, online harassment, excessive texts or emails, embarrassing images or information posted on social media, and other verbal or social bullying tactics used in a digital space.[4].
Or excessive texting (I'm not even going to touch "sexting").
Studies have linked excessive texting with insomnia, stress and painful tendons (BlackBerry thumb).
Apps that block the Internet are popular; corrective social customs have surfaced around excessive texting; brave souls are unplugging in dramatic fashion; and a minor industry of Internet-free vacations and tech-rehab programs has emerged for mellower renunciations.
Then they manipulate the victim into believing that keeping tabs on them, excessive texting, wanting to spend more and more time alone with them and discouraging independence is really about being 'deeply in love.' What might be initially interpreted as 'jealousy' very quickly becomes an abusive attempt to control, create self-doubt, and chip away at self-worth and self-confidence".
Hence, monitoring sexting and excessive texting, or hypertexting, may help parents and professionals identify adolescents at risk and provide opportunities for intervention.
Factors for girls ranged from being cyberbullied and parental views of adolescent sexual activity, while factors for boys included fighting, excessive texting, parental views of adolescent sexual activity and parental rules about sexting.
Most providers charge per character, so excessive texting can become expensive.
The excessive use of text messaging has attracted attention from psychiatrists, psychologists and educators, who pointed out its associations with many psychiatric disorders.
And now the Sydney Daily Telegraph reports that Channel Seven is close to finalising a deal for a mini-series about his love life, pending a Screen Australia funding decision this week, presumably dependant on how Tinder and excessive reliance on text messages might translate to the small screen.
All in all, if you're someone who is bogged down with a ton of voicemails, Mr. Numbers is a great tool for slimming your inbox and cutting down on excessive voice and text messages.
