Social discord: online communities are supposed to bring people together, so why do they often tear us apart?
As we wrestle a pandemic, online communities are proving crucial. But can humans behave well enough to avoid them becoming toxic pits of competing agendas and personality disputes?
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An interesting read. I'm not one for Facebook but my mum runs a suburb-based group and some of the whinging and carry on does your head in. From people who live in the same small community.
And to put the clickbaity title in more context.
“If the internet has a class system, moderators sit at the bottom,” says Beckett. “They are the modern-day sin-eaters, who absorb offensive and traumatic material so others don’t have to see it.” You might not know them, says Beckett, you can’t see them, but “they make sure the places you go on the internet are nice for you”.
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