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This just sounds like being a polite human in public spaces? Common advice was always to avoid talking about politics and religion or anything else controversia
by tayo42 6y ago
This just sounds like being a polite human in public spaces? Common advice was always to avoid talking about politics and religion or anything else controversial in places you need to get along.
- SV_BubbleTime 6y agoIf that’s what we are talking about I embrace and look forward to it! I’ve been to enough museums, galleries, exhibits with people live streaming or FaceTiming that the pendulum swinging the other way would be a welcome change.
- inglor_cz 6y ago"Common advice was always to avoid talking about politics and religion or anything else controversial in places you need to get along." This is much more restrictive. For example, in meatspace, you can avoid talking about religion and politics at your workplace, but talk religion in your church meeting and talk politics with other supporters of the same party. Social media tear down the distance and compress the entire world into one single space. Unless you want to avoid any religious and political discussions completely, your comments on those topics, even in specific discussion groups, can be viewed by, say, your coworkers. I would say that this is quite a problem.
- XorNot 6y agoSocial media is the equivalent of publishing a newsletter about those things with an audience of millions and database search access. It has never been a "private" conversation or even vaguely similar to say, a discussion at a cafe. People have not treated it that way though.
- inglor_cz 6y agoYes, because this is an unfamiliar and hard to grasp form of communication. Social media feels intimate like a home chat by the fireplace - at least sometimes. But in fact it is wide open, including to people who want to harm you.