Thursday, September 11, 2008

On trolls

Something from Somwhere: "People seem to think that all the social morals from the RL (real life for the uninitiated) carry over onto the internet. They don't, at least not a a global level. It is up to the specific website to create its own set of morals to govern their social interactions. And while it is usually the case that websites try to maintain a RL level of morals, some don't. These are the sites that tend to attract the most controversy and hatred. It's fun to be able to go somewhere and leave your morals behind. It's liberating and exciting; how could it not be? The only reason people don't treat other like shit in real life is that they can't get away with it, online you can."

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