Re:Usenet – Let's Return to Public Spaces
by prox on Thursday February 13, 2020 @09:18AM
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I think you bumped into something here. I noticed trends over the years in various communities. I personally call it the “proverbial 12 years old” effect. I came up with it when I noticed that on days when school was out that some public fora became a lot more degenerate (trolling, low-effort, accusatory tone, and so on) and often it was noticeable age played a factor.
It’s probably wrong to call it that towards the many fine young users on any platform, but there is definitely some correlation.
There is also a trend when a social media platform becomes suddenly very popular : not all have the means, the inclination or the ability to be respectful.
As others mentioned, training people to be excellent towards one another and forming and following a netiquette takes time, and unfortunately needs to be enforced (even at HN which I feel has a pretty good to high standard for discussions and little tolerance for bad faith disruption)
It’s probably wrong to call it that towards the many fine young users on any platform, but there is definitely some correlation.
There is also a trend when a social media platform becomes suddenly very popular : not all have the means, the inclination or the ability to be respectful.
As others mentioned, training people to be excellent towards one another and forming and following a netiquette takes time, and unfortunately needs to be enforced (even at HN which I feel has a pretty good to high standard for discussions and little tolerance for bad faith disruption)