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AKA Gabriel’s Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory. https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/green-blackboards-and-other-anomalies https://www.penny-arcade.com
by psyc 4y ago
AKA Gabriel’s Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory.
https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/green-blackboards-and-other-anomalies https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/green-blackboa...
- jakevoytko 4y agoGoogle's Real Names experiment helped simplify this equation. They proved that people don't even need anonymity to be fuckwads; all they need is an audience. I remember a lot of low-level bemusement and high-level consternation when the quality of discussion in YouTube comments didn't get any better after they tied everything to an identity.