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It's pretty funny that a lot of these cases of 'cancel culture' aren't the mob ("Twitter, do your thing") but journalists going after regular people. As it turn
by 2038AD 6y ago
It's pretty funny that a lot of these cases of 'cancel culture' aren't the mob ("Twitter, do your thing") but journalists going after regular people. As it turns out it's far easier to expose someone without power.
We're a pretty perverse society that random acts of harassment is being viewed with the television lens of "cancellation". That is a risk with the social medium.
Another irony of the situation is that, with the primary center being Twitter, the transgressions have to be minor. Accounts that break the rules (i.e. are racist) are routinely and correctly banned and as such have all their transgressions erased.
- jariel 6y ago'Cancel Culture' is generally not 'a mob' - it's usually journos or individuals leveraging or hyping up a little bit of a mob. A Board is not going to dump a CEO because of just some angry people on Twitter, it's the pressure exerted by amplified voices, particularly those in the press. Once a fire starts, a lot of other writer tend to to pile on. If everything were just on Twitter, nobody would care. It's the 'newsification' of Twitter that creates the problem. The Board cannot ignore CNN, WaPo and all the ruffling they casuse.
- senectus1 6y agoI dont think it should be called "Cancel Culture", its more of "Burn Culture"... One little mistake and everyone wants to burn you at the stake like a witch in the old days. No matter that he made some stupid ill-informed posts back when he was 16 and not a fully developed adult with little real world experience. BURN HIM!! Come on Internet... we need to be able to have civil discussions and a chance for people to redeem themselves.