Nope, it is just freer. People are too sensitive and a great many of the people offended are hypocrites who think they can be hateful and nobody else should be able to be hateful back to them.
Saw something in another thread this morning, thought I'd ask about it. You've read the title so is the Internet meaner? The comment I read was specifically about this board but most people weren't here 10 years ago so I broadened it to the Internet in general.
I think it is meaner but I think that's because our society is meaner than it was 10 years and far less tolerant than it was 20 years ago. I also think there are some other things happening but this is enough to kick it off.
Nope, it is just freer. People are too sensitive and a great many of the people offended are hypocrites who think they can be hateful and nobody else should be able to be hateful back to them.
ten years ago I was at a board far more vitriolic than this one......
And I banned you, bitch
j/k
I hated being a mod at a site that actually tried to impose civility and prevent hurt feelings. I eventually sent a PM to the owner saying no more and never returned to the site even to see their response. It was hours of responding to PM's every day about how horrible I was for allowing X to say Y to Z and Z not being allowed to say Q to V.
This is one of those moments of agreement, Kacper.
I've been posting on the Internet for over two decades...and there was plenty of "meanness" as far back as I can remember. I was lucky in that I started on a site that discouraged (by rules) lots of the stuff that goes on in THIS forum...but the meanspiritedness was there.
At this site, we are allowed lots of freedom to express ourselves in ways that other fora do not allow.
I think it is a great idea...and if "hatefulness" or "being mean" crops up...so be it. We are adults...and should he able to handle it. Those who are thin skinned probably should find a more closely moderated forum in which to post.
Irish Exit (11-08-2018)
....and Go Screw Yourself pulls into the lead. What a shock.
cancel2 2022 (11-08-2018), Irish Exit (11-08-2018)
Are you talking about that stupid site than infracts you for one sentence responses? I forget its name but a lot of my posts were like, "Yes. This is obligatory Sentence 2. This is Obligatory Sentence 3."
The site I was at doesn't exist any more but was more world politics oriented which is really where my political interests are. The American crybabies were the ones that caused me to throw my hands in the air and walk away.
I miss the old days where you could just go around telling random people to kill themselves
It was like my favorite thing to do
Kill yourself
"Do not think that I came to bring peace... I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." - Matthew 10:34
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