The Anti-Social Network (Richard Bacon - Trolls)

[Munter]

Decided to watch this on iPlayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01dwg1n/The_...

Some things in it are pretty annoying. People posting abuse on tribute pages for dead kids etc. Those people I would happily see shot.

One thing that does surprise me, is that people seem surprised kids are sending death threats and threatening to beat up other kids. That's standard stuff that kids do to other kids all the time face to face at school. Of course they are going to send those messages online as well. The ability to send a message directly into the victims home and remove any safe place would be irresistible to kids. Are people really that blinkered about what kids do, that this comes as a surprise?

[carmonk]

I can see things going terribly, terribly wrong, and I'm not really talking about the trolls. Technology is progressing faster than society can develop the maturity to use it.

[Highrisedrifter]

carmonk said:

I can see things going terribly, terribly wrong, and I'm not really talking about the trolls. Technology is progressing faster than society can develop the maturity to use it.

That's quite an astute observation, to be honest. I've never thought of it like that before.

[davepoth]

IMV we need to find a new word for the sick fks who do this sort of thing. They give trolls a bad name.

[Eric Mc]

Highrisedrifter said:

carmonk said:

I can see things going terribly, terribly wrong, and I'm not really talking about the trolls. Technology is progressing faster than society can develop the maturity to use it.

That's quite an astute observation, to be honest. I've never thought of it like that before.

I've been thinking that for ages. The internet is the equivalent of throwing your doors wide open to every fruitcake, bully, pervert or fraudster in the world. People you would never give the time of day to or run a mile from in real life suddenly have access to you or, in some cases, your children.

It's a bully's or abuser's charter.