quarta-feira, 31 de agosto de 2011

"Reading Response for 'Why
I
Like
Vicious
 Online
Comments'
and 'Make
Our
Ugly
Discourse
Better:
Join
the
Civilogue.'

I really liked the two readings topic of this week. All the swears and dirty words are part of the internet in the today’s world, and all of this low level of expression became so common out there on the web that We ended up forgetting what internet was created for.
It is easy to say whatever you want when you use the shield of anonymity. Nobody can find out your identity so you feel like you can say whatever you want even if that offends other people. The internet has created a legion of antisocial citizens that besides being away from the real world, also can infect the internet with their not constructive commentaries. In addition those commentaries can put children to unnecessary exposition. I know that we should always respect our human freedom, however we live in a society that does not welcome swear words. I agree with society. We know that children are a big part of the internet users and I do not like to see those youngsters mirroring and learning that kind of vocabulary. Maybe the censure of some words in determined websites could avoid the children exposition and it would be an easy way to solve this problem.
Another issue pointed by Matt Seitz is that, "…the protective force field of anonymity- or pseudonymity--brings out the worst in some people…They say things they would never say in the presence of flesh-and-blood human beings “ I must say that I agree with his statement. I am everyday on the web and always while watching a video on YouTube for example, I take a rapidly look at the video’s commentaries; what you see is exactly what Matt Seitz emphasizes: people make commentaries that they would never do in front of other people.
I agree people have the right to say about their conspiracy theory and use all the swear words they want on the web, however a limit has to be determined to filter the biggest source of knowledge that we have which is the internet. I do not want to see this huge ‘‘library” being contaminated with this unnecessary forms of expression.

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