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What do online trolls say about human nature?

1899 sats \ 19 comments \ @stack_harder 28 Jun AskSN

I saw a few headlines recently that a YouTuber (Mikayla Raines) who saved foxes committed suicide because of cyberbullying. I never watched her channel, but it got me thinking, what is it about anonymity that brings out this evil in people?

Is this evil just always there, and the web provides an outlet to be horrible without consequences?

Is it perhaps actually a minority phenomenon, but when you have a few million subs, just on pure statistics, you will get a vocal group of , basically, insane people?

Mike Tyson apparently once said that "Social media made y’all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it."

And I 100% get this. I try to conduct myself online the way I do irl, but I don't know, more and more these days I am just not bullish on the human race in general!

What do you stackers think?

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43 sats \ 2 replies \ @flat24 29 Jun

suicide because of cyberbullying

This is undoubtedly a very unfortunate fact.

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think the following:

Here is once again the importance of privacy and anonymodad.

In this era we have been adopted to expose our lives and actions to the eye and opinions of the public.

which is completely harmful.

There are people whose only purpose in social networks is to attack others.

This leads to spread waves of hate and discussions and even violence, or as in this case, influence such a perverse degree that ended up pushing a person to suicide.

Because then something happens, and that is that not everyone is prepared to be public and then hated or attacked at frantic levels (I think none would be prepared for something like that)

I think that the mental state and the will of the person, play a super important role in these situations.

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @stack_harder OP 29 Jun

for sure, apparently the lady was a bit autistic and very sensitive. i think if if i had a channel that big, i would pay a moderator to delete the worst shit so i didnt have to read it.

Apparently there was rumor spreading and stuff from other people in the fox-saving community too. Gossip can also be lethal!

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 29 Jun

Gossip can also be lethal!

Sure, and neither the lightning network ⚡ travels as fast as a gossip does.

147 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 28 Jun

Is it perhaps actually a minority phenomenon, but when you have a few million subs, just on pure statistics, you will get a vocal group of , basically, insane people?

I think it's this. Social media statistically amplifies fringe voices that most people would never even have encountered prior to social media. It also makes it easier for these fringe personalities to find each other and thus reaffirm and amplify each other.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 29 Jun

i imagine if you get popular enough, you're just going to stright up get endless hate and stalking, even if you are just a regualr person

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 28 Jun

And these minority voices are anonymous or pseudonymous

36 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby 28 Jun

Mike Tyson has many good things to say, but I think I he misses this one like he missed Buster. Humans are a bunch of trolls, mostly -- whether they are online or not. Maybe they don't say it to your face, but they troll you in social settings or with bureaucracy or with their troll friends or with politics or whatever. I don't really think the internet changed it much.

The good news is, we are also trolls and can figure out how to build a thriving troll culture -- online or irl.

102 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 28 Jun

Passive aggressive trolls IRL

17 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 29 Jun

this reminds me a bit of something i have heard in prisoner interviews where they say prison is actually a very polite place, because if you say anything, there will be immediate physical consequences. the constant threat of a beatdown keeps most people from saying shit becuase they wont get away with it lol When i see Karen behavior online, i feel like the world could do with a bit of that!

11 sats \ 2 replies \ @PictureRoom 29 Jun

Mike's right. Most trolls would never say the things they say if it were face to face. Hiding behind screens certainly makes it easier to be cruel.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 22h

I like how you refer to Tyson by his frst name only

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @PictureRoom 16h

Him and I go way back

24 sats \ 1 reply \ @christo21m 28 Jun

I've thought about answering this in multiple ways, and it all comes back to the same destination. How you react to someone else's views is the way.

You will always be criticised by someone doing less than you.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder OP 29 Jun

on top of this, i think you will just always be criticised when doing anything online. even if you were stroking puppies, someone would be talking shit about tecnique

21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve 28 Jun

I am not saying the husband did it but I don’t believe a word he is saying publicly

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @stack_harder OP 29 Jun

have you been following it at all?

i suppose if i put on my conspiracy hat, it would be a good deflection if he did do it

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 29 Jun

The part I don't believe is he said his wife struggled with autism and depression...

Are autistic people suicidal?

11 sats \ 1 reply \ @stack_harder OP 16h

i think the implication is that it made her generally more sensitive, which may have contributed

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 14h

I’m skeptical she had autism because of her large YouTube and TikTok channels