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> Maybe this is what "the medium is the message" means, I never really understood it. I think you get it. The nature of the medium itself changes people, not
by LarryMullins 4y ago
> Maybe this is what "the medium is the message" means, I never really understood it.
I think you get it. The nature of the medium itself changes people, not just the sort of content that is being delivered through that medium. TV puts people into couch potato trances. Karma-oriented commenting systems have people alter their beliefs to align with the popular majority. Anonymous commenting systems have people act bolder and ruder, etc.
- scyzoryk_xyz 4y agoHN is strange viewed in those terms - there is a bit of karma but also somewhat relative anonymity.