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I think the Online Disinhibition Effect [1] and Greater Internet F*wad Theory should have some kind of multiplier based on age. Online anonymity–while necessar
by callmeed 12y ago
I think the Online Disinhibition Effect [1] and Greater Internet F*wad Theory should have some kind of multiplier based on age.
Online anonymity–while necessary IMO–has a dark side. You can say "don't blame the medium" all you want, but I don't think it's that simple. When the medium increases the volume/frequency of bad behavior, there will be more bad consequences. Some poor kid will commit suicide because of an app like this. Being a father of 4, that makes me grieve.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_disinhibition_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_disinhibition_effect
- jqm 12y agoso what is your proposed solution? I read about suicides from internet harassment from time to time.. and although sad, we don't shut down the internet. Top poster has it right I believe. Fight it and simply get more attention. Leave this thing alone and it will be so clogged up with nonsense it will be almost unreadable in few months...imop.
- callmeed 12y agoI don't have a good one off the top of my head. But you have to understand, school administrators are going to be under pressure to do something soon. Solutions like spamming such apps with spoilers aren't going satisfy them (IMO). These situations are why crappy, overbearing laws get put in place by sixty-something year old politicians.