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People communicate to say things that they think are important. We should not be surprised when a medium that allows more broadcast-level communication becomes
by golemotron 5y ago
People communicate to say things that they think are important. We should not be surprised when a medium that allows more broadcast-level communication becomes dominated by those things rather than "how was your day?"
Ads are a canard. The earliest non-ad-driven social networks: USENET, mailing lists etc, had the same problems.
- randcraw 5y agoUSENET had an entirely different set of users than today's anonymous trolls, which minimized flame-fests. Sure, disagreement drove much conversation on the groups, but it was generally topic-driven and constructive, targeting ideas much more than people. Vitriol back then was the exception rather than the rule. Those groups (aside from alt.*) where denizens crossed the line often added moderation, which usually tamped down the flames. No, I think things are MUCH worse now than USENET ever was.
- golemotron 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September