Gabe Bell@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWho you are is who you arelemmy.worldimagemessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1772arrow-down142
arrow-up1730arrow-down1imageWho you are is who you arelemmy.worldGabe Bell@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square151fedilink
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoSeveral comments here provide evidence to the contrary. And maybe that’s the problem. The people who are assholes online don’t think about there being real, earnest people behind the other keyboards. Anonymity and the abstraction of interacting online can and does weaken the sense of social contract for many people, unfortunately. And it does count. Because what one says online can and does affect others in a real way.
Several comments here provide evidence to the contrary.
And maybe that’s the problem. The people who are assholes online don’t think about there being real, earnest people behind the other keyboards.
Anonymity and the abstraction of interacting online can and does weaken the sense of social contract for many people, unfortunately.
And it does count. Because what one says online can and does affect others in a real way.