I'm not on twitter, and poking my head into at least this corner seems pretty damn unhealthy.
In sequence a women accused this guy (falsely) of harassing her from some other random account (it's not clear why). Then another person said they overheard a conversation ages ago and stopped being friends with the guy - which turned out to not be true either. And it continued from there. Is there no consequence on twitter for this type of stuff?
Wonder if there is space for a twitter clone. Basically interesting ideas, sharing information. You'd be stuck with bad information, the response (instead of calling someone an idiot) would be to describe a different theory. No personal attacks of any kind.
HN seems to avoid a lot of this type of mob behavior around personal stuff and it's easier for non-involved people to engage then.
https://twitter.com/pasql/status/1366795510355537924
https://pasquale.cool/internet-mob
I'm not on twitter, and poking my head into at least this corner seems pretty damn unhealthy.
In sequence a women accused this guy (falsely) of harassing her from some other random account (it's not clear why). Then another person said they overheard a conversation ages ago and stopped being friends with the guy - which turned out to not be true either. And it continued from there. Is there no consequence on twitter for this type of stuff?
Wonder if there is space for a twitter clone. Basically interesting ideas, sharing information. You'd be stuck with bad information, the response (instead of calling someone an idiot) would be to describe a different theory. No personal attacks of any kind.
HN seems to avoid a lot of this type of mob behavior around personal stuff and it's easier for non-involved people to engage then.