[mensetmanusman]

I remember when a Brazilian teenager was killed after a stranger in front of him at a concert turned around suddenly and pointed at him saying he stole her phone.

Before he knew what happened, he was stabbed to death by a mob while the real thief got away.

Vigilante ’justice’ continues to be a scourge of society; think of the stoning episodes of millenniums past.

Social media removes the activation energy barrier to be a part of a mob - to feel the thrill.