Talk:Cyberbully (2011 film)

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First Sentence
Should this article begin with the words "cyberbu // y..." or "Cyberbully (stylized cyberbu // y)..."? I am in favor of the former, because that's what the show's name is. Quinxorin (talk) 03:04, 22 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I support "Cyberbully (stylized cyberbu // y)...". The poster is an image with characters which can be interpreted as either slashes or tilted letters 'l'. cyberbu // y looks less like cyberbully in all fonts I have examined, for example because the slashes go lower or higher or are thinner or oddly spaced. The difference in the poster is smaller. Posters and logos often use special writing for brand and attention reasons (it also has a lower case 'c'). This was clearly designed to be somewhere between normal letters and normal slashes. But the official site http://abcfamily.go.com/movies/cyberbully?kmed=ppc says Cyberbully every single time the title is written outside the poster image. It looks to me like Cyberbully is the real title and they just wrote it in a quaint way on the poster. Unofficial sources vary between cyberbully and cyberbu // y but cyberbully appears to be a lot more common in Google searches. See also Manual of Style (trademarks) which says: "Avoid using special characters that are not pronounced, are included purely for decoration, or simply substitute for English words". In particular, it has the example "avoid: ... Se7en. instead, use: ... Seven". Seven (1995 film) has a first sentence similar to "Cyberbully (stylized cyberbu // y)...". PrimeHunter (talk) 04:37, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I was going to say we should go with whatever is in the film's opening credits, because that (not the poster, not the official website) is where the official title lives. But if there is a Wikipedia rule about special characters, and if Wikipedia uses Seven instead of Se7en, then it is pretty clear we should use Cyberbully (not cyberbu // y).Shadzane (talk) 04:54, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The film's opening credits is made of images and not encoded characters so I don't think it settles the issue of the official title. youtube.com/watch?v=_7iWG0GTpUw&t=0m11s looks exactly like the poster: Somewhere between normal letters and normal slashes (and lower case c). I guess it was designed for the film and not taken from a real font. Different viewers are likely to get different interpretations of the title shown there. I have only seen the first few seconds of the film and don't know whether there is more clarity later. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:29, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Manual of Style (trademarks): "Macy's, not Macy*s", so "Cyberbully (film), not cyberbu//y (film)". —Ruud 12:52, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I see. Quinxorin (talk) 03:01, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

"Criticisms" Section
Lets be honest, this film is being mocked and derided all over the internet... by bloggers, by technology columnists, and by online communities of all shapes and sizes. I bring this up because 50% of the internet search results for this film feature some sort of criticism of the film's overly dramatic and "hover parent" convoluted and reactionary standpoint on the subject of cyber bullying. This is extremely relevant to the subject at hand, and I think there should be a "Criticisms" section, as there is for a wide variety of other media on wikipedia. Cyber bullying is a hot topic. People with limited technology background and casual internet users fear it like HIV or the plague, and people who are even moderately educated in online etiquette and technology consider it a hilarious joke. This film has spawned so much criticism and mockery that you cannot really justify ignoring it.68.6.76.31 (talk) 01:47, 28 July 2011 (UTC)68.6.76.31 (talk) 01:48, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The only reason there isn't a Criticism (or Critical Response) section is because no one has made one yet. I don't think anyone is opposed to the idea. Shadzane (talk) 05:52, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, now there is a Critical Reception section. Someone knowledgeable about the online response now needs to add something about it... Shadzane (talk) 23:50, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

The Law
This film was based upon a true story and prompted a significant change in the law. If anyone can expand upon the ways in which the laws were changed or if they could link any relevant articles to this page, I think that it might be helpful. Thank you. (Galaxycat (talk) 07:57, 10 April 2012 (UTC))

Internet Meme
When the trailer for this film was posted to 4chan on July 2nd, 2011, multiple memes sprung out of it. Jokes referencing the film have become popular on Tumblr as well.

On the July 19th, 2011, YouTube user CardStand uploaded a video titled “the forchange movie featuring the nonames”, a parody trailer for the movie with 4chan included in the story.

See: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/cyberbully — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurenoneil (talk • contribs) 05:45, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 15 August 2013
Jon McLaren now has a wikipedia article.

Madabc (talk) 04:45, 15 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes check.svg Done Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 12:04, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 January 2014
In the "Reception" section, you should mention how several internet users have questioned the film's depiction of social networking, as it completely ignores all security measures from the sites, and, rather than blaming bullying on the bullies in question, the film shows the various internet users as responsible, although the plot shows it was only a few girls from her school. Among one of the sources, is the review by YMS or Your Movie Sucks

That-Guy-Is-It (talk) 23:24, 8 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. YMS doesn't seem like a reliable source. If you say that's only source, please provide others. --User:Anon126 (talk - contribs) 23:49, 12 January 2014 (UTC)


 * This movie sounds really bad like a bad lifetime movie to scare moms, I adont really think it was masterminded by people who knew social netowkring — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.218.183 (talk) 07:46, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Copyvio
The lead in this article seems to be a copyvio of the description on this youtube video. 344917661X (344917661X) 23:29, 9 September 2018 (UTC)