I spend a good portion of my day navigating the world wide web and almost every day I stumble upon unkind behaviors. It happens on facebook, twitter, blogs, and pretty much anywhere human interaction is allowed. The type of unkindness that I am referring to is rude and obnoxious interactions and comments. In no way am I saying that in some cases they aren’t warranted however when a website writes their opinion of a product, shares news, does a review and so on there really is no need to respond in an unkind manner. An intelligent and informed rebuttal would not only allow one to express their opinion but also benefit the community or other readers. Too many people resort to name calling, cursing, criticizing the website or author, and just being unkind. It is actually depressing to know that so many people are that unhappy and at the same time it is somewhat funny because most of these people wouldn’t have the nerve to interact in that regard in a face to face situation.
What many people forget is that the content they are reading/consuming is usually free to them. The majority of websites find a way to monetize without charging the reader. This business model also benefits the websites as it allows for more page views which increases the amount they can charge for ads but in the end the user benefits from free content.
With the web becoming such a great resource of information and with so many of us relying on it for that, it becomes an issue when people are scared to share their information/thoughts because they fear being ridiculed.
As the internet continues to grow and becomes even more of a part of our daily lives we need to recognize the significance of what is available to us and act responsibly in increasing its growth into what is and will continue to be the GREATEST WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE on this planet.
This rant started off as a long winded way to say Mean People Suck and turned into an plea to protect the internet. The important thing to take away from this mess of a post is: Add value, not just noise.
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