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Is it safe to say... (Original Post) Roland99 May 2021 OP
I just about spit MuseRider May 2021 #1
Hehe Roland99 May 2021 #2
! Hugin May 2021 #3
Tim Berners-Lee agrees. intheflow May 2021 #4
Thanks. Will read that later Roland99 May 2021 #24
What does? Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #5
For most of us, it has gone well. Probatim May 2021 #8
Well said, critical thinking along with common sense. gab13by13 May 2021 #10
Bingo!! Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #23
Exactly! Thanks for pointing that out. nt reACTIONary May 2021 #15
Every recent large change in how we distribute information has resulted in political unrest... Wounded Bear May 2021 #6
Agree. And in every case... reACTIONary May 2021 #16
Along with the usual exploitation by bad actors... Wounded Bear May 2021 #22
Whatever the original plans may have been, and with a nearly total ignorance of these plans, Beastly Boy May 2021 #7
TMI? keithbvadu2 May 2021 #9
The age greatly enhanced knowledge Roc2020 May 2021 #11
meh. i've been on since it was darpa. mopinko May 2021 #17
I agree.... reACTIONary May 2021 #26
Would you include... reACTIONary May 2021 #19
No. Neither were chatrooms Roc2020 May 2021 #25
Is it the celebrities ... reACTIONary May 2021 #27
the internet, where your wildest/craziest fantasies can be 'validated' spanone May 2021 #12
It's okay. The Republicans in Texas are fighting back. mjvpi May 2021 #13
I am sure that the first person to use a rock to pound a stick in the ground felt the same way... cayugafalls May 2021 #14
stealing. mopinko May 2021 #18
It's safe to say no period of human history has gone "as planned". Act_of_Reparation May 2021 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author mopinko May 2021 #21

MuseRider

(34,060 posts)
1. I just about spit
Thu May 13, 2021, 08:17 AM
May 2021

out my morning tea!

I never really thought of it that way but yeah, you got a point there.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,063 posts)
5. What does?
Thu May 13, 2021, 09:40 AM
May 2021

Every important advance has it's problems. I, for one, would NOT want to be without the information I now have at my fingertips.

Probatim

(2,459 posts)
8. For most of us, it has gone well.
Thu May 13, 2021, 09:45 AM
May 2021

For those of us with critical thinking skills, it's gone incredibly well. For the angry and under-educated, having all of that "information at your fingertips" is like a toddler playing with matches.

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
6. Every recent large change in how we distribute information has resulted in political unrest...
Thu May 13, 2021, 09:43 AM
May 2021

The Revolutionary Era, starting in America and spreading to Europe, was enabled by the mass production of printing presses and their proliferation.

In the 20th Century, it was film and radio that was exploited by Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler to seize power. Mussolini had a background in journalism and used his familiarity with the new technologies to good effect to get into office and then to turn the gov't fascist. Hitler modeled his campaign to take over Germany after what Stalin and Mussolini did.

Trump merely mirrored the totalitarian's handbook, using the tools of the internet era.

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
22. Along with the usual exploitation by bad actors...
Thu May 13, 2021, 01:07 PM
May 2021


OTOH, if it had actually been "planned" we might have foreseen what has happened and did something to alleviate the worst of it. But, as usual, we're playing catch up.

Beastly Boy

(9,063 posts)
7. Whatever the original plans may have been, and with a nearly total ignorance of these plans,
Thu May 13, 2021, 09:45 AM
May 2021

and being completely clueless of how it might actually turn out, I was pretty sure even back then that it wouldn't go quite as planned.

mopinko

(69,806 posts)
17. meh. i've been on since it was darpa.
Thu May 13, 2021, 11:24 AM
May 2021

the anonymity has always allowed for anti-social behavior.
every chat room had it's disrupters and hucksters.

reACTIONary

(5,749 posts)
26. I agree....
Thu May 13, 2021, 07:41 PM
May 2021
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Dickwad_theory

The Dickwad Theory or John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory states that:

“Normal Person + Anonymity + Audience = Total Fuckwad"

Face it, this explains everything.

Roc2020

(1,604 posts)
25. No. Neither were chatrooms
Thu May 13, 2021, 02:08 PM
May 2021

Difference is mostly Celebrities drive social media. FB twitter Insta etc. So the reactions can be quite broad because of such high profile people present. If there are celebrities on DU and probably is, they are not known. Social media they are known. Key difference.

reACTIONary

(5,749 posts)
27. Is it the celebrities ...
Thu May 13, 2021, 07:45 PM
May 2021

.... that precipitate the disastrous consequences? How does that happen?

What about the 8chan style image boards where the Q creeps hang out? I don't think there are any celebrities there.

mjvpi

(1,384 posts)
13. It's okay. The Republicans in Texas are fighting back.
Thu May 13, 2021, 10:47 AM
May 2021

In Texas, school kids just won’t need that information and they are being discouraged from using it. "Current and Controversial Events" are not to be discussed in schools. They are concentrating on the basics, I guess. Like football. Disclaimer: I like watching football more than the next person.

cayugafalls

(5,631 posts)
14. I am sure that the first person to use a rock to pound a stick in the ground felt the same way...
Thu May 13, 2021, 11:02 AM
May 2021

when his neighbor used the same rock to crush someones skull...

Every technological advancement will get misused over time, that is the nature of humankind.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
20. It's safe to say no period of human history has gone "as planned".
Thu May 13, 2021, 11:31 AM
May 2021

I really don't get why, after thousands of years of recorded history, people still shit out these "KIDS THESE DAYS" comments like their current lot in the annals is somehow unique.

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