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Have you seen the Facebook comments embedded on various sites? If anything, they're worse than the alternatives. The theory that people are unwilling to put th
by TillE 11y ago
Have you seen the Facebook comments embedded on various sites? If anything, they're worse than the alternatives.
The theory that people are unwilling to put their name to abusive or awful comments seems compelling, but the evidence tends to contradict it. There are more than enough people who simply don't care.
- reitanqild 11y ago> There are more than enough people who simply don't care. Agree, only I would add a few more options: * Real-looking troll accounts. * Don't understand the consequences * Feel it is The Right Thing To Do
- striking 11y agoa citation for point 3: "Most violence in the world is motivated by moral sentiments" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10700766 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10700766)