Harrassment

Harrassment. Other than spam, this is probably the most reported thing on neopets. But what is it? This petpage is designed to help you, guest, understand and deal with harrassment.

What is harrassment?

Many people believe this to be:
Posting usernames
Calling people a "n00b
Constantly neomailing a person only to annoy them
In fact, only one of the above constitutes harrassment.


Taken from the neopian time issue #218

On the boards, when someone makes a board containing someone elses username in the title, is that harrasment? What if they aren't saying anything bad about the person? Or what if they are saying nice things about the person or whatever? I think it's annoying when on the boards, if someone has another username in the title, people start posting "reported for harrasment". ~ USERNAME REMOVED

We're in the same boat as you! We find it quite annoying as well, especially since most of the harassment reports are simply the result of petty arguments and do nothing but prevent the Monitors from responding more quickly to real complaints. Simply posting someone's username is definitely not harassment.

To help those who are confused, here are some examples of what is and isn't harassment:

- NOT HARASSMENT: Someone simply disagrees with something you've said and you don't like it.

- HARASSMENT: Someone disagrees with you and begins to berate you and insult your intelligence.

- NOT HARASSMENT: Someone posts a warning that a particular user may be a scammer and to be wary.

- HARASSMENT: Someone posts that a particular user is a scammer and that everyone should report him and send him nasty Neomails until he is frozen.

- NOT HARASSMENT: You post a newbie question like "Where is the Paint Brush Shop?" and someone replies "lolz n00b.

- HARASSMENT: You post a newbie question like "Where is the Paint Brush Shop?" and someone replies "OMG U R SUCH A MORON N00B!! Go home where stoopid people belong!

- NOT HARASSMENT: Someone Neomails you with "can u give me items i need them!

- HARASSMENT: Someone repeatedly Neomails you asking for items, even after you've asked them to stop.

- NOT HARASSMENT: Someone calls you a n00b.

- HARASSMENT: Someone threatens you or continually insults you.

There may be extenuating circumstances to every case, of course, but you get the idea. Try to use common sense. We're not demanding that everyone has to be all happy and nice to each other. People disagree and argue all the time. But eally, uncalled for insults and threats are NOT appropriate. If someone makes you angry, go take your Neopet on the Mysery Island tour and relax. No need to risk your account by doing things you know you'll regret, like responding inappropriately or falsely reporting someone out of spite.


Thanks to the Neopian times and Donna for this.

What can I do about it?



1. Ignore it as much as possible. They're looking for a reaction, so don't give them one.

2. Report it to TNT. They have the power to stop whoever they want.

3. Only report once for each time, otherwise TNT could freeze YOU for multiple reporting.

4. Block all neomails from that person until the matter is resolved (or you could just block them forever).

5. Do not get drawn into arguments on the neoboards with them. You risk overstepping the line into harrassment yourself.


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