Jul 3, 2019
Grrr! When you spend 20 minutes (or longer) carefully constructing a comment online and for some reason it won't post or gets wiped out. 😭
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Grrr! When you spend 20 minutes (or longer) carefully constructing a comment online and for some reason it won't post or gets wiped out. 😭
Do you comment on news articles or stay far away?
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Why does a troll toll?
I know why a blogger blogs, so I wonder why does a troll troll?
Is a troll a person who goes online with nothing but trolling in mind? Or are they people who get sucked in when they read other troll comments? For them is it just a smart comment competition, one trying to be more ridiculous than the other? I have read some troll comments which so incensed other readers that they engage in a full…
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Zen and the art of online commenting
I've never been much of an online commenter, for many many reasons. It's obviously a huge time-suck, not to mention the trolls. But recently, I found a website I really liked with a (seemingly) respectful online commenting community, so I took the plunge. And then today, in response to an innocuous comment of mine, I received a nasty response, complete with a "fuck off" at the end. My blood pressure spiked instantly, and a million different replies shot through my head as I tried clicking on the "reply" link. They ranged from earth-mother ("just relax, mama. we're all one human family...") to raging bitch ("YOU fuck off!"). Luckily, the connection was slow and the "reply" link wouldn't load. Thank you, o merciful internet gods, for giving me those precious few seconds to regain my sanity. The voice of reason in my head spoke up in those seconds: "WTF are you doing, sweetie? You are actually sitting here and stressing about what some stranger replied to your internet comment? Really? This isn't a fun way to procrastinate. You need to stop this, dear." (sidenote: my voice of reason is always firm & loving)
Instead of replying, I deactivated that account.
Huzzah! Another one down.
I'm in a constant state of trying to change my life for the better, of trying to trim as much of the fat as possible, and this was one more small step toward that goal.
I once heard that the secret to happiness is not addition, but subtraction. And what better thing to subtract from my life than an internet stranger telling me to "fuck off"? I feel happier already :)
Deindividuation is what happens when we get behind the wheel of a car and feel moved to scream abuse at the woman in front who is slow in turning right. It is what motivates a responsible father in a football crowd to yell crude sexual hatred at the opposition or the referee. And it’s why under the cover of an alias or an avatar on a website or a blog – surrounded by virtual strangers – conventionally restrained individuals might be moved to suggest a comedian should suffer all manner of violent torture because they don’t like his jokes, or his face. Digital media allow almost unlimited opportunity for wilful deindividuation. They almost require it. The implications of those liberties, of the ubiquity of anonymity and the language of the crowd, are only beginning to be felt.
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“To have substantial exchange, you need to be fully present. That is why facing one’s accuser is a fundamental right of the accused.”
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The utopian tendency is to believe that social media pluralises and diversifies opinion; most of the evidence suggests that it is just as likely, when combined with anonymity, to reinforce groupthink and extremism.
(via Instapaper)
How the internet created an age of rage The worldwide web has made critics of us all. But with commenters able to hide behind a cloak of anonymity, the blog and chatroom have become forums for hatred and bile...
article by Tim Adams