• Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    462·
    2 months ago

    What distinguishes zebras from horses is that zebras live in anonymous herds.

    says a lot about 4chan, the penny arcade GIFT theory, etc

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      621·
      2 months ago

      With how Facebook forces real names, the idea that being anonymous has any influence where or not someone is a fuckwad had been debunked.

      • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.socialEnglish
        55·
        2 months ago

        It’s not the anonimity that makes people fuckwads. It’s the lack of immediate consequences. A fuckwad won’t get a punch in the face for what they say on facebook, hence they feel they can say anything and be a fuckwad.

        • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
          501·
          2 months ago

          “Social media made y’all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it”, Mike Tyson

          Regardless of how you feel about Tyson, Truth is Truth.

      • tempest@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        In a large enough group there is still anonymity even if your face and name are on there.

    • Sundiata@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      4chan blocks commenting with vpn, and /pol/ is a federal honeypot waiting for the next entraptment.

      not so anonymous