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  • FriendFeed, Syphilis And The Perfection Of Online Mobs

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    CE-InFocus

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    Updated: Oct 25, 2024
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    [​IMG]People have always been inclined to join mobs - most people have at least one story to tell about a time that they got swept up in or had to face a crowd demanding justice for one thing or another (both of my experiences were in college). The Internet has proven to be a frighteningly efficient tool to create virtual mobs. But we note two trends that suggest a bleak future: the increase in non-anonymous mob participation and the evolution of online services towards ever more efficient and real time communication platforms that facilitate mob creation and growth like never before. Things are changing online way too fast for society and culture to adapt. Something will eventually break.I'm going to pick on #-Link-Snipped-# in this post because I believe it is the nearest thing to Shangri-La for mob justice enthusiasts. I explain why below. But first I want to compare FriendFeed to Syphilis, which may have been the "perfect" disease when it first hit Europe in the 15th century. Today Syphilis takes years to kill its victims and is easily treated with antibiotics. But back in the early 1500's it led to certain death within months.

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  • jhbalaji

    MemberJul 26, 2009

    Catch our Bot #-Link-Snipped-#
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