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> bullying can drive people to suicide or indeed bring them to commit terrorist acts. You think bullying on twitter has caused 0 deaths?
by MiroF 6y ago
> bullying can drive people to suicide or indeed bring them to commit terrorist acts.
You think bullying on twitter has caused 0 deaths?
- Karunamon 6y agoIf we're talking about only the contents of twitter.com and not harassment that extends into real life and just happens to also happen on twitter? I'll take that bet.
- MiroF 6y agoI think you drastically underestimate stochasticity, the sheer number of people on twitter, and how actions at the margin can drive someone over a precipe.
- raxxorrax 6y agoI do think that more people were saved from suicide by having a community where they could just speak freely. That wouldn't necessarily be Twitter though.
- MiroF 6y agoThe proliferation of online platforms where you can speak freely would explain the declining suicide rates we're seeing in the 21st century.
- raxxorrax 6y agoNot sure if sarcasm, but yes, I do think this is a factor. Although minor compared to economic growth. https://ourworldindata.org/suicide https://ourworldindata.org/suicide There might be other issues like depression that doesn't end in suicide that could be induced. But the overall political situation is far more relevant than some utterances of people on the net.
- monkeynotes 6y agohttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/death-of-a-porn-star-201939/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/death-... You owe me. To be clear, I don't necessarily advocate policing Twitter to weed out trolls and I recognize some people who are emotionally unstable are more at risk and can not be considered the norm for basing policy on.