Re:Google executive fired after female boss groped him
by spoiler on Monday January 30, 2023 @10:30AM
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Sorry, I meant to write witch-trials/hunts! It must've autocorrected. Thank you for spotting that and calling it out!
And to tie into your reply: the mentality you described is exactly the same one thay current social media mobs share with the "hunt the witches" mobs.
I also agree with your observations on social media making this worse for the reasons you outlined.
> I think all these witch-craft style trends we had in the past are signs of weak, idle and chaotic minds
Can't say that I agree. I think it is more of a consequence of social media having a hard cap on empathy you can feel to a string of letters on the screen in your hands. A lot of people simply don't realize the kind of effect their actions can have on other people, all of that multiplied by mob mentality. Worse yet, social media companies are incentivized to provoke this effect because it is clearly visible in their a/b tests - angry people generate more content. I think the real solution here is in changing social media to me more empathetic, but alas I can't see it happening easily.