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People are meaner to each other in IRL Society |
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People are meaner to each other on the AR Logboard |
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71% |
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Nycticora
Joined: 09 Feb 2013 Posts: 2277
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 7:38 pm Post subject: Logboard vs Civil Society |
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We were having a discussion in the AR chat room about some nonsense and this came up. |
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twerpalina
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Joined: 16 Mar 2018 Posts: 307 Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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People are meaner when they can remain anonymous e.g. not facing the consequences what the words may otherwise bring IRL.
These situations bring out the true self of one. IRL they control themselves for the aforementioned reasons. |
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BlackWidow
Joined: 24 Apr 2014 Posts: 523 Location: Yes
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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People are definitely meaner on the Internet than they are in real life... And I don't just mean the AR log boards, I mean places like web forums, Reddit, games, social media, etc.
Even when I have taken online classes like I am now, everyone tends to be civil in the discussions. Some minor disagreements sure, but no name-calling has ever broken out. Even when there is a difference of opinion, both sides tend to acknowledge the other person's opinion(s) without getting nasty.
As twerpalina pointed out, the anonymity factor comes into play on the Internet. Still, I am sure a lot of us have been singled out in some way or become a target. Just last year I dealt with a major harassment case from another player in another place... It turned out later, he had created an alt just to attack and defame me, and he created a second alt to try and spy on me. Soon after the second alt started doing fishy things and making people think I was posting while forum-banned, this guy's three accounts all got banned permanently. (And over there, having multiple accounts is explicitly illegal... There are three servers and this guy created three characters for one of the free to play servers, one of which was just there to harass me. While it is okay to have multiple characters there, you are strictly allowed one account with one character per server.)
With that said, the log boards are sometimes not very civil, and it seems different opinions are not valued. But that is just my perception. |
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