BTJ582 wrote:
The War Doctor wrote:
BTJ582 wrote:
The War Doctor wrote: I never thought this forum would be helpful in my classes, but I was wrong! I used the...... issues a few months back as an example of why an online community of any kind needs both a complex computer moderating system, and human moderators as well. 
How did you cite this funny little world of ours?
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ummmm.... I may not have..... I just told them how great you all are!!!

Interesting. Well I have or I may be, but then again maybe not, doing a thesis on the sociological influences an internet based community may have on a persons real life or just the opposite. Do we create new social constructs when involved in a "fake" community or do we carry our social beliefs from our real lives and mirror them in the internet world? Hoping to be published in a well respected journal such as MAD Magazine. Then again Clash of Clans may get in the way and I will just say screw it and kill reds and pillage villages instead.
Well I think it has a lot to do with the mentality of the individual, as well as their social development. Someone who was brought up to be kind in all situations, regardless of how one may make you feel, might be more inclined to be kind and giving in the social world of the internet. On the same token, if someone is a d*** in the real world, they might be more inclined to be a d*** in the internet world too. Of course there is also the factor of anonymity. Someone who is kind in the real world may only be kind because they know that society dictates they be kind, or they may be afraid of getting hurt in some way should a confrontation arise. They know that on the internet, these social confines are limited to how much information they have made available to the other users.
"On the internet, no one knows you're a dog." This explains the online phenomenon known as "trolling." Trolling is an action directed at enticing a negative response out of other users on the basis of outrageous claims, explicit actions, or improper comments. A common act of trolling is to correct spelling errors made by commenters on social forums, much like our own here. These trolls behave the way they do because they are hidden behind a pseudonym and have not put any information out for others to possibly find them.
... wow. I wish I could focus this much energy into my own paper....