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It's dehumanization. We use that word in a bad way most of the time but in the case of online discussions, it's quite normal. Like I know that you're a real per
by _fat_santa 4y ago
It's dehumanization. We use that word in a bad way most of the time but in the case of online discussions, it's quite normal. Like I know that you're a real person and you know that I am a real person; however, when were talking online that fact can get ignored by our brains.
It goes from "I'm talking to a person" to "I'm responding to brabel". In a physical conversation it's impossible to achieve the same level of "dehumanization" because you're staring at the person.
That's my Sunday couch quarterback explanation.
- paulryanrogers 4y agoOnline you may also be communicating with GPT3
- imtringued 4y ago>"I'm responding to brabel" More like you are responding to a graffiti he has left on this website. Just like people draw (often stupid) messages on the walls of public toilets.
- eastbound 4y agoBut you’re discussing topics and sometimes bringing data or links to resources that are impossible in real life. Oral language conveys an extremely poor density of actual information, compared to a book for example - that’s why politicians win using oral language. Reading online is like reading in a book: You can learn a lot, on topics where you’d need to travel 1000km to find the first expert. Unfortunately, writing online isn’t made with the same dedication as writing a book: We don’t spend time collecting proof and links and quotes and performing regressions and meta-analysis before presenting our results. But HN rules entice people to do that, and people doing it was the strength of HN until ~2010. If that’s what one calls depersonification, I’d argue that an engineering book is very depersonated too, and it’s its strength. No emotions, just raw information all the time.
- jsemrau 4y agoAlso in real conversation it's unlikely that one just adds a quick comment and leaves.