Some programmer assumes that he is right and others are wrong, so he writes a bot to chase down people he might disagree with and bombard them with one-liners.
And Technology Review thinks this is behavior worth promoting?
I suspect the reason is that they agree with the programmer.
Try it out for a bit with the roles reversed.
Doesn't feel quite the same, huh?
ADD: The assumption here is that there is no way you can believe in X. Therefore it is okay for me to write a bot that spams and pesters everybody who believes in X, since they are horribly misinformed.
Some programmer assumes that he is right and others are wrong, so he writes a bot to chase down people he might disagree with and bombard them with one-liners.
And Technology Review thinks this is behavior worth promoting?
I suspect the reason is that they agree with the programmer.
Try it out for a bit with the roles reversed.
Doesn't feel quite the same, huh?
ADD: The assumption here is that there is no way you can believe in X. Therefore it is okay for me to write a bot that spams and pesters everybody who believes in X, since they are horribly misinformed.
Works great -- as long as you're omniscient.