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Yes. nossy Send a noteboard - 13/06/2012 05:06:02 PM
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.

I agree. Just be respectful. Seriously. I try, but I'm sure I don't always succeed. :P
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*NM* - 13/06/2012 08:51:04 PM 279 Views
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You complain about football comments, and then you post things like that? - 13/06/2012 10:31:10 PM 456 Views
Same here - 14/06/2012 12:24:46 AM 478 Views
A lot of people used to think like that - 14/06/2012 10:13:27 AM 468 Views
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What were his stats again? - 14/06/2012 08:38:40 PM 498 Views
Maybe you can clarify... - 13/06/2012 02:01:58 PM 526 Views
Maybe I can. - 13/06/2012 04:55:28 PM 642 Views
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Apparently. - 13/06/2012 08:13:38 PM 588 Views
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Re: Maybe I can. - 13/06/2012 08:10:32 PM 544 Views
Re: Maybe I can. - 13/06/2012 08:46:45 PM 555 Views
Hm. - 13/06/2012 09:52:58 PM 556 Views
Did I mention - 21/06/2012 07:35:14 AM 508 Views
This is actually the biggest reason I dislike Facebook (and other social media). - 13/06/2012 03:49:45 PM 580 Views
Yes. - 13/06/2012 05:06:02 PM 501 Views
Re: Yes. - 13/06/2012 07:10:50 PM 453 Views
Once upon a time, I was good at that, prided myself on it. - 13/06/2012 09:27:11 PM 463 Views
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 695 Views
Hahaha yeah - 13/06/2012 04:21:11 PM 528 Views
Or big girl pants? - 13/06/2012 05:11:09 PM 561 Views
I'm lucky that I pretty much never see anything on Facebook that really annoys me - 13/06/2012 04:23:43 PM 502 Views
I've been thinking about that. - 13/06/2012 05:02:17 PM 514 Views
Yes - 13/06/2012 05:40:35 PM 518 Views
Good. - 13/06/2012 07:49:13 PM 668 Views
I thought so too. - 13/06/2012 08:27:45 PM 487 Views
Re: I thought so too. - 13/06/2012 09:22:38 PM 552 Views
Very well said, and done. - 13/06/2012 09:18:37 PM 507 Views
Same. And re: the backlash: there'd almost have to be, wouldn't there? - 13/06/2012 10:18:57 PM 617 Views
Well yes, that was me rather stating the obvious - 13/06/2012 10:56:12 PM 600 Views
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 628 Views
I think you might have missed what my point was. - 13/06/2012 11:51:15 PM 505 Views
Looks that way; sorry. - 14/06/2012 12:47:16 AM 430 Views
usually hide them if it annoys me for longer than a week *NM* - 13/06/2012 04:51:56 PM 205 Views
Most folks I can tolerate. - 13/06/2012 05:55:31 PM 535 Views
My Facebook friends tend to be tolerable. - 13/06/2012 07:31:59 PM 487 Views
I will de-friend the people who annoy me. - 14/06/2012 01:23:32 AM 444 Views
Facewhat? *NM* - 14/06/2012 02:37:47 AM 190 Views
Luckily I haven't got many of these. - 14/06/2012 11:05:43 AM 493 Views
I find a lot of interesting news on Facebook - 14/06/2012 01:37:59 PM 569 Views
Same on the replacing much of what I once received from this community. - 14/06/2012 09:48:15 PM 435 Views
For me, if it's everyone once in a while, I'll let it slide. - 14/06/2012 01:53:58 PM 491 Views

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