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Sorry to intrude, but http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kill http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kill makes the OP's a valid observation. Digital
by koide 14y ago
Sorry to intrude, but http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kill http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kill makes the OP's a valid observation. Digital lynch mobs certainly can defeat or in extreme cases put an end to an organization.
Now, OP's edit comparing the digital killing to the actual, life ending, killing is indeed unfortunate.
- freehunter 14y agoIs it any worse than calling an argument a "flame war"? Or arguments saying that if corporations are people, there should be a corporate death penalty? I wasn't comparing digital death to real life death. Those words we put into my mouth; I never made that argument. I even used scare quotes to hint that it's a word being used out of traditional context. It's possible to have real-life terms translate into digital concepts without necessarily implying the 1:1 correlation that some have assumed. When my mouse dies it doesn't mean I've committed animal abuse, it just means I need to recharge the batteries. I just like to have interesting discussions. That's why we're all here.
- koide 14y ago> I was arguing that a "lynch mob" can and does exist on the Internet. Like the parent said, lynch mobs harass and sometimes kill people. This is what I mean for a bit unfortunate, because it obviously refers to actual death. The argument, of digital lynch mobs being able to heavily damage (which is one definition of kill) corporations or people, I agree with.