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This. I think the author really highlighted this well at the end of the article: "Social media purports to connect us but it often does the exact opposite. The

by mtoddh 14y ago

This. I think the author really highlighted this well at the end of the article: "Social media purports to connect us but it often does the exact opposite. The barrier, the anonymity, the lack of accountability; all encourage the worst in people."

ndonnellan 14y ago
Perhaps because of the sheer number of people the internet has connected combined with the bell curve of asshole-ness, we think humanity is stupider than it is. Anonymity, unaccountability may certainly make things worse, but a small fraction multiplied by an insanely large number will still give us a lot of crazies.