Since the internet has become such a big part of everyone’s life, I believe people have become more comfortable on the internet. I feel like because of people being more comfortable, they are more willing to leave mean comments on other people's articles, especially because they can leave these comments anonymously and no one will never find out who they are. I feel that people have gained confidence by being behind a computer screen, so they are more likely to start a fight or argue with someone. I feel like people bully more through the internet than they would if they were in person. I feel like some ways to overcome this would be to have websites not be allowed to post these negative comments. Also, if the website does post these comments, the people who made the comments should be forced to use their actual name. If people post to these websites and their name appears, than they would be less likely to leave a negative comment. It is much easier to leave a mean comment if no one knows it was you who posted it.Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Since the internet has become such a big part of everyone’s life, I believe people have become more comfortable on the internet. I feel like because of people being more comfortable, they are more willing to leave mean comments on other people's articles, especially because they can leave these comments anonymously and no one will never find out who they are. I feel that people have gained confidence by being behind a computer screen, so they are more likely to start a fight or argue with someone. I feel like people bully more through the internet than they would if they were in person. I feel like some ways to overcome this would be to have websites not be allowed to post these negative comments. Also, if the website does post these comments, the people who made the comments should be forced to use their actual name. If people post to these websites and their name appears, than they would be less likely to leave a negative comment. It is much easier to leave a mean comment if no one knows it was you who posted it.
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Hi Becca,
ReplyDeleteInteresting posts. I see your points. Personally, the meanest comments I've seen have been made on Facebook... so the user's name is shown and access to their profile is readily available. Also, I think that sometimes "mean" comments are necessary. Sometimes it takes a bunch of really upset people on the internet to make changes that our society desperately needs. But I do think that cyber bulling is a completely different and very serious issue. Nice post!