The Brexit vote isn't "the virtual world" though, so I'm a bit confused here.
Re:GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
by Ntrails on Friday December 16, 2016 @10:55AM
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But the angry angry facebook comment slapfights are in the virtual world and are doubtless partly to blame for a lot of sundered acquaintances.
I can think of a few comments by family members (aunts/uncles etc especially) on rants by 20 somethings on facebook about how the idiot olds were screwing us all over - being quite hurt by the positions taken in the rants.
Some of this is to do with the weirdness that is facebook crossing virtual/real world interactions. But most of the people who are still obsessed with spouting their personal views on [Global warming/Brexit/Trump/Syria/etc] will quickly find a partner to trade verbal blows with
Re:GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
by bartread on Friday December 16, 2016 @07:58PM
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^^^This. Thank-you!
Re:GitHub lost $66M in nine months of 2016
by bartread on Friday December 16, 2016 @07:57PM
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See my original post above this where I specifically cite online debate, including about the Brexit vote. I perhaps could have been clearer in my second post, but that was a direct response to somebody who'd responded to my first post.
(And, sorry, my wry sense of humour doesn't necessarily work in plain text and I should make more effort to remember that. To me the spectrum idea is interesting, but it's just an idea.)