Of late is seems to me that more people than before have abandoned their filters. Being online removes many of the cues we display in interpersonal behavior, but well adjusted people still act as though they are there. For one thing, if you act differently online than you would face to face, it risks eroding those filters.
But there are people for whom there are no intermediate steps between "hello" and "kill everybody in the room." Online that just leads to a flame war, but worst case ends up with walking into a grocery store or school with a weapon.
Of late is seems to me that more people than before have abandoned their filters. Being online removes many of the cues we display in interpersonal behavior, but well adjusted people still act as though they are there. For one thing, if you act differently online than you would face to face, it risks eroding those filters.
But there are people for whom there are no intermediate steps between "hello" and "kill everybody in the room." Online that just leads to a flame war, but worst case ends up with walking into a grocery store or school with a weapon.
Are we creating more psychopaths?
I wonder if the filters are used in personal interactions, or have the lost social media filters edged over into real life?
Being online can seem to give permission to be an a-hole. But then, that risks spilling over into real life.
I was just watching Sanford and Son！