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bblackwood:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/01/21/pearlman.online.civili ty/index.html?hpt=T2

Worth the read - we all see this every day, sadly...

Tidewater:
It's going to get much worse until the power fails. Thank God for the Chevy Volt.

Jay Kadis:
Anonymity is the corrosive that will ultimately eat the internet.

bblackwood:
Jay Kadis wrote on Sat, 22 January 2011 10:44
Anonymity is the corrosive that will ultimately eat the internet.

Agree 100%. People will do things when they are anonymous (or at least believe they are) that they would never dream of doing in person.

DarinK:
bblackwood wrote on Sat, 22 January 2011 09:28
Jay Kadis wrote on Sat, 22 January 2011 10:44
Anonymity is the corrosive that will ultimately eat the internet.

Agree 100%. People will do things when they are anonymous (or at least believe they are) that they would never dream of doing in person.


I'm even more pessimistic than that.  I think as people are becoming used to being anonymous assholes on the internet, and as people conduct more & more of their interaction with others through the internet, people are becoming worse & worse in person.  People get used to acting/thinking a certain way so much that they take their online personas offline eventually, especially when there is so much reinforcement of such behavior on reality tv and talk radio.  The best antidote is lots of interaction, especially in person, w/ people who behave in a more civilized manner.

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