In a similar vein... (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-09-04 02:24 (#2S1D) If you enjoyed the Alan Jacobs article, here are some related critiques.Freddie deBoer, a social liberal, on viciousness in online forums:http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/08/21/where-online-social-liberalism-lost-the-script/David Sessions, a social conservative, on the quality on online media:http://www.patrolmag.com/2014/08/25/david-sessions/the-state-of-the-internet-is-awful-and-everybody-knows-it/Pew survey on Social Media and the Spiral of Silence:http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/08/26/social-media-and-the-spiral-of-silence/Xianhang Zhang on the Evaporative Cooling Effect:http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/social-software-sundays-2-the-evaporative-cooling-effect/Pipedot still has a small number of articles and comments, but the civility and quality we have here are becoming increasingly rare online. Maybe it's not such a bad thing that Pipedot is small and growing slowly. Re: In a similar vein... (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-09-04 10:26 (#2S1Q) Wow, I wish I could mod this both informative and insightful. Alas, only one mod.I still wonder if it's the Internet that has 'caused' this, if human nature and peoples' expectations for online interaction, or if this is simply the consequence of a new and younger generation. As for Pipedot, small and steady growth isn't a bad thing. But I highly doubt there's anything magical about Pipecode that prevents asshattery, same as any other site. Set up a perfectly reasonable subreddit and you run the risk of some schmuck taking it over and harrassing other users offline. Usenet newsgroup "protectors/guardians" are infamously boorish. And the list goes on ...
Re: In a similar vein... (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-09-04 10:26 (#2S1Q) Wow, I wish I could mod this both informative and insightful. Alas, only one mod.I still wonder if it's the Internet that has 'caused' this, if human nature and peoples' expectations for online interaction, or if this is simply the consequence of a new and younger generation. As for Pipedot, small and steady growth isn't a bad thing. But I highly doubt there's anything magical about Pipecode that prevents asshattery, same as any other site. Set up a perfectly reasonable subreddit and you run the risk of some schmuck taking it over and harrassing other users offline. Usenet newsgroup "protectors/guardians" are infamously boorish. And the list goes on ...