MetalTao (metaltao)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Sep-14 03:07:50 UTC
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@blots Also, anonymity is merely a double edged sword. It is what drives the internet, but like any good resource, it can be abused for ones own devices. People have been using it neutrally or negatively. It has been a while since people have used this on a grand scale to promote positive change. But, that isn't true, remember SOPA and all that? We have proven that people (The entire demographic of the internet) can gather together to promote something good. (Or rectify the bad of others, but that is a good thing.) Also, individual sects of the Internet have done some SPECTACULAR things together. I am just not familiar with them all. but, a problem has arisen. People have been finding it less urgent to defend others, even a stranger's, credibility or dignity. Because of some sort of idea that everyone is immune to words, and that those who manage to succumb are deemed lower in status. Which, is very, very old. That idea is mostly vilified in public, but not the internet. Yet.
