| I rarely started abrasive discussions, but I would jump on the abrasive statements of others pretty quickly to call out bullshit. A little off topic, but an example: Someone declared that if you ever doubt any woman's claim about being raped or assaulted, you are the worst kind of person, and you're sexist. Well, I was assaulted once, and then the girl turned around and told all of my friends that I attacked her. I lost a LOT of friends over this and it had a pretty negative impact on my life. I shared this experience, and next thing I know dozens of women I'd never met are telling me I'm likely to be a rapist when I grow up and I should just kill myself and I was probably lying about not attacking her. I was just a white male who has no experience with abuse and should keep my mouth shut. Nevermind that I was physically abused for 15 years until I left home. The complete irony of the situation, what with the victim-blaming and being called sexist while being told my opinion as a white male was invalid, was not lost on me. That was the first big sign that Facebook had become a cesspool. This is exactly the kind of harmful backwards thinking I want to eradicate. However it seems that some rich and powerful have decided it is in their best interest to manufacture this kind of thought and impress it into the masses. I want to find out how technology can create a level playing field. The app's just a thought experiment but I wonder if group moderation could be done in a way that doesn't produce social bubbles or echo chambers. I haven't been on talk.masked. Is it not active anymore? I haven't been on Usenet in a while. |