Almost all social interactions on the internet have become a toxic cesspool. Due in part, imho, to anonymity and lack of accountability or consequences, people can let out their inner asshole. It seems more and more people are choosing to do so. It's like any fight, with escalation, only in this case all of humanity is getting escalated online.
I used to read them to get an idea of what people thought about films, but int he last 6 months or so, they have become pretty useless.
Thread starts out, I don't like this movie, comments go right to, you must be immature and only like Michael Bay movies. a few posts later you've hit Godwin's Law, and it just keeps going downhill from there. Basically, ALL open message boards are like this now. The comments under any news, youtube, etc. It's really distressing, tbh.
I used to read them to get an idea of what people thought about films, but int he last 6 months or so, they have become pretty useless.
Thread starts out, I don't like this movie, comments go right to, you must be immature and only like Michael Bay movies. a few posts later you've hit Godwin's Law, and it just keeps going downhill from there. Basically, ALL open message boards are like this now. The comments under any news, youtube, etc. It's really distressing, tbh.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
