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Mobs of internet people with too much time on their hands will never be a force for good, ever.
by jcroll 8y ago
Mobs of internet people with too much time on their hands will never be a force for good, ever.
- MrRubbish 8y agoAgreed, this reads like something from Tales of the Macabre.
- squirrelicus 8y agoDon't know why this is downvoted. It's a bit glib, but it's not really false. You can't just take a random selection of humans, put them on the internet together, and reasonably expect something non-bad to happen. You have to select, curate a community, before focus will align toward anything that's not "we're bored let's anonymously fuck with people"
- jcroll 8y agoIs there such a thing as a "healthy" internet community? I'd argue not. So much of our society's ills these days is people not dealing face-to-face
- squirrelicus 8y agoWell, yes, they're not hard to find, but you certainly can't find them everywhere. Could be gaming or knitting or racing or rock climbing or what have you. The formula for a healthy online community is (0) you must base the community on something objective, a skill like "we are great at (video game)", not something like an idea or opinion. (1) An actual, real threat of exclusion that's acted on. You cannot include people who don't express the community goals, such as being helpful to each other and growing skills together. (Some great small communities are based around the game Rust, the last place you'd expect to find them) (2) Excluded people must lose something. Whether it's losing the ability to play with high quality players, or losing advice on knitting patterns I would also recommend small communities. You can pretty much never create a large healthy online community. Some outliers like Day[9] exist, but as a rule, they don't.
- jcroll 8y agoTry making friends irl, you'll notice the difference
- squirrelicus 8y agoLooks like I'm defeated, guys. Healthy online communities can't exist I guess. When someone defends jcroll from down votes, he does a pathetic unhealthy thing. Now nobody can have nice things. QED. /s
- mcphage 8y agoWeren’t they, in this case? Somebody died and wasn’t identified, and they helped get this person identified.