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People should not expect pleasant discourse on social media. You have every single statement, opinion, or reasoning scrutinized by robots or vastly under-paid c

People should not expect pleasant discourse on social media. You have every single statement, opinion, or reasoning scrutinized by robots or vastly under-paid contractors - none of which understand nuances of conversation like context, sarcasm, etc. Social media is a cancer that's growing on society. We need to go back to smaller online presences instead of a "global village" as it were. Too many things to worry about in the world, and too many companies want to sell you fear with advertising.

boplicity 5y ago
One of the things about a small community is that there are real social consequences for not staying within the confines of polite behavior. People can get embarrassed, shunned, ignored, etc. Their reputations are harmed, often leading to consequences in terms of work, friends, family, etc. On Facebook, people who are rude & impolite are rewarded with more engagement. Real consequences are very rare. It's a real problem.
mjr00 5y ago
> Social media is a cancer that's growing on society. We need to go back to smaller online presences instead of a "global village" as it were. Too many things to worry about in the world, and too many companies want to sell you fear with advertising. I feel like this is a big part of why Discord has gotten hugely popular. Communities are isolated and only semi-publicly accessible; most critically, they're not indexed by Google. On most servers, people are using aliases which are not (directly) linked to their real-life identities, but they're still people you get to know and befriend, unlike Reddit-likes where the people commenting are mostly interchangeable. These things make the internet feel a lot closer to how it was in the 90s and early 00s, where you could talk freely with your friends without worrying if someone with a grudge would take what you wrote and turn it into a mob-driven character assassination.
angelzen 5y ago
You must never leave your house. If you must leave your house, you must not talk to anyone. If you must talk to someone, you must not talk to anyone else. These are the new rules to keep us safe.

boplicity 5y ago

One of the things about a small community is that there are real social consequences for not staying within the confines of polite behavior. People can get embarrassed, shunned, ignored, etc. Their reputations are harmed, often leading to consequences in terms of work, friends, family, etc. On Facebook, people who are rude & impolite are rewarded with more engagement. Real consequences are very rare. It's a real problem.

mjr00 5y ago

> Social media is a cancer that's growing on society. We need to go back to smaller online presences instead of a "global village" as it were. Too many things to worry about in the world, and too many companies want to sell you fear with advertising. I feel like this is a big part of why Discord has gotten hugely popular. Communities are isolated and only semi-publicly accessible; most critically, they're not indexed by Google. On most servers, people are using aliases which are not (directly) linked to their real-life identities, but they're still people you get to know and befriend, unlike Reddit-likes where the people commenting are mostly interchangeable. These things make the internet feel a lot closer to how it was in the 90s and early 00s, where you could talk freely with your friends without worrying if someone with a grudge would take what you wrote and turn it into a mob-driven character assassination.

angelzen 5y ago

You must never leave your house. If you must leave your house, you must not talk to anyone. If you must talk to someone, you must not talk to anyone else. These are the new rules to keep us safe.