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This isn't for the 'being pushed around' kind of physical bullying, it's essentially for social matchmaking. I'd argue that excluding a certain person from one'
by niftich 10y ago
This isn't for the 'being pushed around' kind of physical bullying, it's essentially for social matchmaking. I'd argue that excluding a certain person from one's social circle isn't (and shouldn't be counted as) bullying -- I'm not sure whether it is or isn't -- but social exclusion from multiple disparate groups will manifest as being ostracized, and that's the problem this is trying to solve.
I applaud the good intentions but social networks (in the traditional sociology sense) in schools will transcend real-life/online boundaries and service boundaries, so school-age people's friends on Snapchat are largely the same as their friends in the classroom and lunchroom, and vice versa.
The only potential I see here is the a discreet 'lowkey' way of broadcasting good intentions that a particular person is friendly, but this relies on that person's intentions being authentic; which is an unsolved problem.
- alexandre_m 10y agoLike you said, it's for matchmaking on the spot during lunch hours. I don't see the problem, I applaud the initiative. It solves a simple issue: where do I sit when I know no one. For those who are ambassadors, you can make new friends.