[maolt]

The way I see it: 1: Really low barriers to entry for each snowflake to express their views.

2: Social networks work as echo chambers, which allow anyone to find dozens that share their views ("If they think like me, it must mean that I am right!!").

3: Misunderstanding of the way the cyberspace works, with people not understanding really that it is encroaching on the "physical" world, and professing extreme opinions they would never have dreamed of voicing if not in front of a screen in the safety and "privacy"(hum) of their home.

4: The powers that be, that is to say the social networks operators have so much at stake that they are walking on eggs, wary of taking any action that could jeopardise their cash cow(actual or potential).

The situation is a mix of all those factors, and the result is I think a bit depressing.

Can you imagine our societies without a police force? Today's social networks are not far from that imho.