And that’s where we disagree. It’s easy to spew whatever online. For all I know I see you every day of the week and neither of us knows we’re the other here. There are no repercussions.
Except how a person thinks of that group in their head. Which in turn will affect their actions, maybe only slightly, in life. Going out of your way online to try and meet them on an honest level, where they may not be able to in life, can have a big impact.
Which is not to say that I must be right or you must be wrong. But I think it makes sense.
Its a far ways off from “speak to the audience not the person you’re talking to” to “spewing whatever”
There are no repercussions.
Idk what you mean by that, its not about repercussions its about how the medium through which we interact shapes the ways we interact
Going out of your way online to try and meet them on an honest level, where they may not be able to in life, can have a big impact.
A very admirable thought, and one I share and have often written long posts about (doin it rn over on Hexbear, to the annoyance of some of my comrades lol)
But again, its about impact. For the effort it took to go through all this, just to end in “agree to disagree” as it seems like its headed towards, I could have made a lot more people think about a lot more things, you know?
Also, my apologies, I added a whole bunch to my previous comment in an edit and forgot to hit send in another tab until just now, I didn’t change much but added 2 paragraphs, some of which I may have reiterated here lol my b
It very probably is headed there but I would argue that both of us, as well as an unknown number of observers, have been shaped by the interaction. Maybe only a little, but not none.
I know I’ve learned a few things from a few exchanges here. I think it’s mostly been from the ones that have been open to discussion on both ends, which I think emphasizes the point I was trying to make, even if I didn’t succeed at it.
But the other side of that is one of the others I’ve exchanged with today, who was more drawn in by the type of rhetoric that drives me away.
I think the lurking audience isn’t to be discounted though. I’ve been among them before myself, but there’s never a way to know their size or if they’re even looking. Even so we can be influencing them in unexpected ways.
Either way I think I’m ending this a bit better than I started it. I hope I’m not the only one who feels that way.
No worries about the oversight. We’re all prone to mistakes.
And that’s where we disagree. It’s easy to spew whatever online. For all I know I see you every day of the week and neither of us knows we’re the other here. There are no repercussions.
Except how a person thinks of that group in their head. Which in turn will affect their actions, maybe only slightly, in life. Going out of your way online to try and meet them on an honest level, where they may not be able to in life, can have a big impact.
Which is not to say that I must be right or you must be wrong. But I think it makes sense.
Its a far ways off from “speak to the audience not the person you’re talking to” to “spewing whatever”
Idk what you mean by that, its not about repercussions its about how the medium through which we interact shapes the ways we interact
A very admirable thought, and one I share and have often written long posts about (doin it rn over on Hexbear, to the annoyance of some of my comrades lol)
But again, its about impact. For the effort it took to go through all this, just to end in “agree to disagree” as it seems like its headed towards, I could have made a lot more people think about a lot more things, you know?
Also, my apologies, I added a whole bunch to my previous comment in an edit and forgot to hit send in another tab until just now, I didn’t change much but added 2 paragraphs, some of which I may have reiterated here lol my b
It very probably is headed there but I would argue that both of us, as well as an unknown number of observers, have been shaped by the interaction. Maybe only a little, but not none.
I know I’ve learned a few things from a few exchanges here. I think it’s mostly been from the ones that have been open to discussion on both ends, which I think emphasizes the point I was trying to make, even if I didn’t succeed at it.
But the other side of that is one of the others I’ve exchanged with today, who was more drawn in by the type of rhetoric that drives me away.
I think the lurking audience isn’t to be discounted though. I’ve been among them before myself, but there’s never a way to know their size or if they’re even looking. Even so we can be influencing them in unexpected ways.
Either way I think I’m ending this a bit better than I started it. I hope I’m not the only one who feels that way.
No worries about the oversight. We’re all prone to mistakes.