In terms of idols - what is bullying to you?

All of the above to some extent... none of these things should happen and it's really sad that it does.

there's a difference between making fun/hating and criticizing. I don't consider criticizing someone's vocal, rap, dance skills as bullying personally.

Also about boycotting things, it depends. I get that people might not be in full control, or be aware of certain things but if you have a following you know you can influence, you need to be responsible about stuff you endorse and take some accountability if you fuck up. Doesn't mean I support hating on them for it, but criticism is justified.

Some of them are bad, but rather than considering them as strictly bullying, things like racism and sexism aren't strictly to bully idols? I guess both could be part of bullying too, but sometimes sexist or racist people don't do it to bully. It really doesn't make sense when I try to explain it.

somethings are definetly not like the others.

Criticizing music, vocals comes with the job as long as it's pure criticism.

I don't see black ocean as bullying either although i understand how hurtful it can be to an artist. But one has to earn an audience not expect it.

Shit like supporting mistreatement, criticizing language skills, gay jokes, snubbing specific members etc that's just wild.

criticizing rap, vocals etc isn't bullying....if you can't do your job properly, you get criticized everywhere and the idols aren't an exception

but you gotta know how to differenciate between hate and criticism....many people can't do that on both sides ...

and also you you gotta give them chance to improve and don't bring their bad performances from xy years ago again and again if they improved...then it kinda is bullying

also making fun of music isn't bullying imho if said fun isn't over the top...people keep making fun of the Naevis part in Aespa Savage because well it's funny lol but moderation is the key

Making fun of visual appearance, calling them slurs, and turning off a lightstick/booing are the top worst for me.

Those 3 are just being cruel and mean for no good reason.

Doing anything negative persistently, it becomes bullying

If I say I dont like this idols look and vocals, then just stop watching or hearing them, doesnt make it bullying.

If I persist on listening to them, watching their vids for sake of criticizing it, then it becomes bullying.

I think supporting mistreatment and petitioning to get idols you don't like kicked out of the group would be the big ones for me.

I think the others are very much an "it depends on what's specifically being said and the context." People will say you're "bullying" an idol for pointing out an objective fact or for criticizing something simply adjacent to the idol (e.g. "I don't like the stylist's choice of shirt for this performance.")

imo you can disconnect from the internet, but when you have face-to-face situations you have to deal with it. therefore, I would choose all the situations that affect idols literally n personally.

Being hateful and criticizing stuff with no valid points to keep criticizing. Consistently.

I know that in Kpop, being critical and hateful has an insane fine line and that's a big problem, but still.

I think bullying is about consistency of bad actions towards someone.

It's okay to criticize with actual points, but criticizing someone for the same exact topic consistently, even if it's an old topic that the person already moved on from it, is clearly bullying for me.

Also, whatever comment about someone's appearance is bad in my opinion. Keep it to yourself as much as you can.

Some people here choose to focus on the single 1-star review of an item.

Pretty much all of these, bullying is mean and malicious and only for losers imo.

Some of these things are only as bad when it's done consistently by a significant amount of people, and others are just straight-up disrespectful. Like leaving a mean comment is terrible, but it's only at the level of bullying when it becomes a trend. Everyone on this earth has probably encountered someone saying something rude, but we can brush it off and move on, but when you're constantly criticized, it gets to you. I think it's better to look at it by intent. Was it meant to be helpful, or was it intended to be malicious? People with good intentions will admit when they've crossed a line and stopped. The opposite will keep poking to see how far they can push people.

context matters

any of those things you mentioned may or may not amount to bullying or criticism

we first must define the elements of what bullying actually is:

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.

Bullying is when people repeatedly and intentionally use words or actions against someone or a group of people to cause distress and risk to their wellbeing. These actions are usually done by people who have more influence or power over someone else, or who want to make someone else feel less powerful or helpless.

Bullying is not the same as conflict between people (like having a fight) or disliking someone, even though people might bully each other because of conflict or dislike.

now each individual's opinions of what amounts to bullying is different...for some people it's a much lower scale whereas for others it's a much higher one as seen by the comments above...

Going on their personal SNS commenting negative things. And this even minutely negative. Please don’t go on personal accounts to say negative things. Even one comment is too much.

Continuously writing hate comments under articles. If you say a song/idol sucks once. It’s not bullying. If you comment it over and over again in all posts, articles that’s bullying.

For me it’s just those two.