The Online Cordiality
by Ben Atlas on 05.7.2010.7:50am · 0 comments
I am still amazed about the lack of civility online. It seem that if a person wants to leave a comment, he or she should display even more decorum than off-line. This is the least that would be required in a face to face encounter: Hello, my name is (insert a real first and last name here or a name traceable to a person)…. I live in … (insert small talk here – I know your cousin in Baltimore, etc.) I been reading you prose for about three years and I really like what you wrote on… but in your last post, do you think that …. is ….. I see it slightly different because… do you agree? Instead people don’t give it a second though to dump a disjointed anonymous rant, even a positive one-liner, something they usually don’t have the guts to do face to face. Morons.
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anonymity,
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morons
The Online Cordiality
by Ben Atlas on 05.7.2010.7:50am · 0 comments
I am still amazed about the lack of civility online. It seem that if a person wants to leave a comment, he or she should display even more decorum than off-line. This is the least that would be required in a face to face encounter: Hello, my name is (insert a real first and last name here or a name traceable to a person)…. I live in … (insert small talk here – I know your cousin in Baltimore, etc.) I been reading you prose for about three years and I really like what you wrote on… but in your last post, do you think that …. is ….. I see it slightly different because… do you agree? Instead people don’t give it a second though to dump a disjointed anonymous rant, even a positive one-liner, something they usually don’t have the guts to do face to face. Morons.
Further reading:Tagged as: anonymity, comments, morons