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There's a book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed, that investigates a few cases of internet lynch mobs, and the history of shaming as punishment. The book's conc
by spiffytech 5y ago
There's a book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed, that investigates a few cases of internet lynch mobs, and the history of shaming as punishment.
The book's conclusion (as I recall) is that shaming is far more cruel than we commonly think, and shaming used to be more common until people realized its cruelty.
- Ansil849 5y agoI think there is a stark contrast between something like a digital lynch mob and disassociation. The latter is simply doing things like not interacting with people whose behavior you find egregious.
- spiffytech 5y agoThe book covers that form of shaming too, in the context of close-knit towns in the last few centuries. But it's been too long since I read the book to discuss that in detail.