Typical social restraints just don't exist online, for most people. People will loudly mock viewpoints counter to their own using all sorts of insults, and these comments are broadcast to every friend they have. I can't even imagine one of my friends standing up in the middle of a party, and announcing to the room how disgusting they found "social_group_x" or how criminally insane are members of "political_group_y." And yet they regularly do exactly that online.
Yeah, they do. And I am a debater. I want to say something, but 99% of the time feel that it is not worth it.
When you talk to someone in person, you're careful about what you say. You don't lie or hide your opinions, but you try to couch things in friendly terms, avoid causing offense, etc. For whatever reason, people are just unable to translate those niceties to the online space. Consequently, my friends list is very small, I've hidden lots of people from my wall, and I virtually never post anything myself.
RAFOnauts: be careful with your online opinions. You're annoying/offending a lot of people who like you enough not to start a fight.
RAFOnauts: be careful with your online opinions. You're annoying/offending a lot of people who like you enough not to start a fight.
I agree. Just be respectful. Seriously. I try, but I'm sure I don't always succeed.
Facebook eye-openers.(partially NSSP)
13/06/2012 05:10:53 AM
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A cousin of my wife just posted a link to his new business
13/06/2012 12:00:19 PM
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You know it's easier with things like this to sit back and enjoy it
13/06/2012 02:39:35 PM
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The worst I got lately was football idiocy
13/06/2012 12:36:22 PM
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You complain about football comments, and then you post things like that?
13/06/2012 10:31:10 PM
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Same here
14/06/2012 12:24:46 AM
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A lot of people used to think like that
14/06/2012 10:13:27 AM
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What were his stats again?
14/06/2012 08:38:40 PM
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Because he's your only offensive player who seems at all effective?
14/06/2012 09:38:49 PM
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Hasn't he got a reputation for being able to start a fight in an empty room though?
14/06/2012 10:09:08 PM
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Maybe you can clarify...
13/06/2012 02:01:58 PM
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Maybe I can.
13/06/2012 04:55:28 PM
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Facebook is about the casual insulting of opposed political, religious and social viewpoints.
13/06/2012 07:22:57 PM
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Re: Maybe I can.
13/06/2012 07:50:53 PM
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Hm.
13/06/2012 09:52:58 PM
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Hard to think of better examples, but yeah it's hardly an automatic
13/06/2012 11:20:25 PM
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This is actually the biggest reason I dislike Facebook (and other social media).
13/06/2012 03:49:45 PM
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We have two options, as I see it: 1) Wear big boy pants; 2) Hide lots of posts.
13/06/2012 04:02:07 PM
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I'm lucky that I pretty much never see anything on Facebook that really annoys me
13/06/2012 04:23:43 PM
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I've been thinking about that.
13/06/2012 05:02:17 PM
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Same. And re: the backlash: there'd almost have to be, wouldn't there?
13/06/2012 10:18:57 PM
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An AZ cop posted a FB pic of him with kids, a gun and a bullet riddled shirt with Obamas face on it.
13/06/2012 11:40:38 PM
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I <3 the Constitution, and was only friends with you so I could cheat off your tests.
13/06/2012 09:00:07 PM
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Almost half of the comments I see on Facebook aren't even in English!
13/06/2012 11:13:00 PM
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I find a lot of interesting news on Facebook
14/06/2012 01:37:59 PM
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Same on the replacing much of what I once received from this community.
14/06/2012 09:48:15 PM
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