Posted by Luke in 
Cory Doctorow recently said that the internet is like an obnoxious six year old jumping up and down demanding attention (or something like that… I actually lost the link). There is so much violent anger on the internet in parts (i.e. youtube comments and so forth) it got me thinking why is there so much anger?
Not a day passes by where I don’t get a nasty comment or somebody spits venom at someone else on the web. What’s with that? I remember the days of chat rooms (yes I am OLD) when you would be moderated out of the room for being 1/10 as nasty as people seem to be today. It’s no wonder that you have some bloggers questioning the value of comments.
A friend of mine has the concept of people hiding behind the screen which I think explains it nicely. It’s so easy to be the person you want to be on the internet because you’re invisible. Nobody cares. Yes I have had nasty comments. I deal with each one in context and treat them on their merits. If somebody doesn’t like what I have to say and have offered something constructive they get to comment. On the other hand the people that refer to me as (and I quote), “a bow legged fat f***”, or “f***tard”… will not get a rise out of me. My policy is and has always been “delete” to the senseless, unintelligent, non-constructive comments left by the trekking digger. I find these kinds of comments a real shame because I really do enjoy a good debate… when I am not arguing the same point as the person I am arguing with!
So why are people so angry? What do you think?
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