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I run a network of social sites and we've had this functionality for a couple of years, and the thing is people - especially Americans - just don't care. They
by new_guy 7y ago
I run a network of social sites and we've had this functionality for a couple of years, and the thing is people - especially Americans - just don't care.
They love being outraged, even when what they post is clearly labelled as fake they ignore it, and people commenting ignore it.
From the site perspective there's not much more we can do without driving people away, if you try to police content too much people will just go to another site.
But it does get pretty frustrating.
- netsharc 7y ago> They love being outraged I find this too, and I'm fascinated with this aspect of our new online world. I wonder why and how. I'm guessing outrage is a way of feeling superior to other people, "How can they be so stupid, I'm so happy I'm smarter than them and know the truth!" (Trying to think if this would apply to online public shamers, I guess so.). I'm guessing the loneliness, insecurities and FOMO created by online social networks has lead to this. Although it was TV before that, there are reports of how Bhutan's society suffering negative things after the introduction of TV in 1999 (e.g. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3812275.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3812275.stm )