The Worst Observation in Internet History
In 1993, playwright and "Internet enthusiast" John Allen made this observation of the interenet
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Darklord, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 9:15,
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Some of the comments are self-defeating greatness
"keep your negativity to yourself, cockmunch"
"Liberals are a bunch of fascist...retards"
"atheists do support theocracy"
"Fuck you in your nazi leftist asshole...yada yada pope something"
To be fair, b3ta manages to miss out on a lot of the above, so he was half-right.
(, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 10:59, Share, Reply)
he did make some good points
he was talking about communities, rather than the horror that is Social networking.
I mean, look at B3ta, alot of us are essentially anonymous to each other yet mostly maintain a cordial tone. Most put-downs or jeers are jovial in nature and unless you're of the thinnest skin you are unlikely to take offence. Sure, a few trolls sneak in here and there but it's still very similar to the way Allen described it.
Anonymous commenting on things you'll likely never return to is like graffiti. It'll stay there a while and then it'll be gone from sight after someone cleans it up (or it just goes beyond page 2 and no-one ever reads it again) combined with a lack of moderation is what encourages these dicks to be dicks constantly.
(, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 11:27, Share, Reply)
