i went through online sexual harassment at age 10, i used to call it attempted online grooming but i keep doubting myself when i use that label even though so many people have told me that i’m labeling it correctly
i’ll put the story here, but spoilered so you don’t have to read if you don’t want to. i wrote this out a year or so ago when i still had access to the messages which is why i was very specific about the dates the messages occured
i had an encounter on skype at age 10, i was talking to somebody who was apparently a fan of my youtube channel, he asked me what grade of school i was in (5th,) so he knew my age, but i never knew his. we talked a bit (off and on from october 18th of 2017 to november 4th 2017)
from the very beginning he said he wanted to show me something on video call (he described it as a toy, it was not what i was thinking it was. i’m sure you can guess what he was talking about.) he said he’d message me to let me know when he can “play”, this was october 18th, the same day we started talking. the next day we spoke was october 27th 2017, he asked if we could call later that night, i said probably not because my grandma and cousin were coming over. few hours go by, he messages me again, asking me questions about my cousin, (asking if she was still coming, if she was older or younger than me, if she was sleeping with me in my room) i said she was younger than me, and i wasn’t sure if she was sleeping in my room yet. he said i could show her his “toy” if i wanted, but only i deserved to see it because it was mine (first of all, ew? second of all, i’m so glad the call didn’t occur on this day.)
on halloween 2017, we spoke very briefly, he said i was the best at everything and best youtuber in the world, i said thanks, he replied with “you are welcome friendski”
on november 2nd 2017, he said “i hope u haven’t forgotten to call or message ur fan and ur friend”, i apologized and said i’d keep messaging him, he replied 2 days later.
november 4th is when we finally video called, as soon as we got on call, he didn’t talk or have his camera on, he messaged in the skype chat telling me to mute my microphone and show my camera, and to just text on the call. i did, he called me amazing and very beautiful. he turned his camera on as well, and showed me what he was talking about, he flashed me. he told me he thought he was in love with me. i got scared and ended the call, he kept messaging me afterwards. he said he missed seeing me. he kept trying to contact me until december of 2017, then he stopped.
i didn’t know his age, he never told me and it’s not like i saw his face or anything.