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Re:Disproportionate amount of bad online behaviour stems fro... by cmckn on Friday June 25, 2021 @04:08PM (#27635620)
Agreed, I think this sentiment is along the lines of "political correctness run amok" which is a completely subjective interpretation of changing social norms. Whereas I think the article is discussing how some use the impersonal void of social media as an outlet for their anxiety, etc.

Personally, I try to limit the amount of time I spend on such websites, and HN is really the only place I read the comments (in moderation). Consuming everyone else's anxiety is unproductive, because it skews how I view the world (and the people in it), and raises my blood pressure. :)

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Re:Disproportionate amount of bad online behaviour stems fro... by navbaker on Friday June 25, 2021 @04:12PM (#27635659)
I actively avoid Twitter, but still get force fed Twitter opinions via most news websites. I wish they would stop producing headlines about the latest "backlash" or "outrage" on there.
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Re:Disproportionate amount of bad online behaviour stems fro... by bellyfullofbac on Friday June 25, 2021 @04:47PM (#27636050)
But, how would they make money otherwise?! /s

I think fucking social butterfly Arianna Huffington [1]'s website Huffington Post is the one that started the trend of headlines like "X {destroys,obliterates} Y" to report on 140 Twitter outbursts. Thanks, lady, for your contribution in destroying the media landscape.

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1994/11/ariannas-virt...

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Re:Disproportionate amount of bad online behaviour stems fro... by dwaltrip on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:06PM (#27636285)
I recommend not spending much time on those types of news sites :)
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Re:Disproportionate amount of bad online behaviour stems fro... by watwut on Saturday June 26, 2021 @03:18AM (#27639865)
But political corectness run amok is literally about people being too eager to tell you when they think you do something wrong.

It is about people being more active in pushing when they disagree.

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