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Fair point, but it's plainly obvious that the internet facilitates this type of abusive, anti-social behavior. Also, my take-away from the article was not an a
by doktrin 15y ago
Fair point, but it's plainly obvious that the internet facilitates this type of abusive, anti-social behavior.
Also, my take-away from the article was not an attack on the interwebs. If anything, the community was blamed - not the method of communication.
- aaronbrethorst 15y agoAgree. Eight years later, "John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory" still rings true for me: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
- jrockway 15y agoI don't think the Internet is a relevant part of the equation. There are plenty of trolls in the real world. Remember the "Don't taze me, bro!" guy? (Also: Bill O'Reilly)
- mattgreenrocks 15y agoThe Internet is part of the equation. It makes it much easier to get away with this sort of behavior, and there are virtually no consequences. You're right: trolling still happens outside of the Internet, but we have more social norms in place to deal with it in real life. If there was a way to have more consequences to what people said online, then we might see more civility. But, we're human, and we can't have nice things.