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> instantly erase someone from your perception in person to person interaction. As easily as you can block a message, so too can abuser create a new account.

by yaseer 4y ago

> instantly erase someone from your perception in person to person interaction. As easily as you can block a message, so too can abuser create a new account. Online harassment can be as persistent as in-person harassment - there's countless stories of people being continuously harassed. If it were so easy to block people online 'cyberstalking' wouldn't be such a big problem in the same area.

causi 4y ago
That's when you create a new account. The obsession with linking your real life to your online life is the most toxic change to internet culture since the web started.
- antonymy 4y ago
  Thank you. I see so many people here who seem intent on linking their online identity to their real life identity, a trend popularized by social media and which is in direct contravention to the common sense advice we used to give people: don't upload PII on the internet. I understand many people rely on social media for professional networking but there's absolutely no reason why you have to use this professional networking account to trade verbal jabs with people on contentious topics, or confront trolls, or start political debates, etc. Make an alt if you want to slum it in the comments section. Again, this was common sense 20 years ago, and now seems like it's lost knowledge.
  - causi 4y ago
    Exactly. I can't count the number of people whose professional output I greatly admire but who destroyed themselves in my eyes by being fuckwads on Twitter.
- adolph 4y ago
  all ephemeral, leave no trace or context
- GoodbyeMrChips 4y ago
  > The obsession with linking your real life to your online life is the most toxic change to internet culture since the web started. Seconded. As the saying goes; "What is the difference between posting something on the internet and a tattoo on your arse?..... It's easier to remove the tattoo." Because that personal information you posted or 'offensive' joke you posted when pissed will stay around forever to haunt you.

by yaseer 4y ago

causi 4y ago

That's when you create a new account. The obsession with linking your real life to your online life is the most toxic change to internet culture since the web started.

antonymy 4y ago
Thank you. I see so many people here who seem intent on linking their online identity to their real life identity, a trend popularized by social media and which is in direct contravention to the common sense advice we used to give people: don't upload PII on the internet. I understand many people rely on social media for professional networking but there's absolutely no reason why you have to use this professional networking account to trade verbal jabs with people on contentious topics, or confront trolls, or start political debates, etc. Make an alt if you want to slum it in the comments section. Again, this was common sense 20 years ago, and now seems like it's lost knowledge.
- causi 4y ago
  Exactly. I can't count the number of people whose professional output I greatly admire but who destroyed themselves in my eyes by being fuckwads on Twitter.
adolph 4y ago
all ephemeral, leave no trace or context
GoodbyeMrChips 4y ago
> The obsession with linking your real life to your online life is the most toxic change to internet culture since the web started. Seconded. As the saying goes; "What is the difference between posting something on the internet and a tattoo on your arse?..... It's easier to remove the tattoo." Because that personal information you posted or 'offensive' joke you posted when pissed will stay around forever to haunt you.