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This is OT, but having just looked at some content on Whisper, my gut reaction is that this has the potential to be even more toxic than Facebook et al. I saw
by scintill76 12y ago
This is OT, but having just looked at some content on Whisper, my gut reaction is that this has the potential to be even more toxic than Facebook et al. I saw stuff like "I'm ugly. No matter how many times or who tells me I'm beautiful, I don't believe them. (Pic of me)" superimposed over an alleged photo of the poster. Replies may include "I think you're beautiful" (fairly useless if the OP's text is truthful and accurate, potentially harmful if poster is depending on others for validation) or "You're an attention whore" (potentially hurtful.) My gut also says just "vocalizing" negative thoughts with such finality could be harmful. Maybe my intuition is exactly wrong, but there's probably something dangerous about crowd-sourcing therapy anonymously.