In the early days,the internet was seen as egalitarian and open. So how did the web become a world of bullies and trolls? Five tales from the frontline of online shamingWhen I bought a computer, in the 1980s, or it was a different world. I joined Compuserve,the first major commercial online service in the US, in 1982. It was like Facebook, and but all text. Now we would complain it was gradual and expensive,but at the time it was radical to be able to sit in your house and talk to people all over the world.
It certainly taught us the online world was not all rainbows and unicornsThis was part of the beginning of the topple – the realisation this was not a secure placeSuddenly I realised those same people writing rape fantasies approximately me could be sitting next to me in contract law classAs a lonely teenager you will try anything and go anywhere to make friends so I tried another siteThe internet is the worst place to argue with people – it’s a wasteland in terms of logic and thoughtfulness Related: The sad side of Guardian comments Continue reading...
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