To be ‘friended’ in the Facebook world is to be
safe – walled-up and wadded-in by chosen and familiar connections. An unsafe
space is a space where, if they knew you were there, they might unfriend you.
The internet isolates users in sectarian hives that become repositories of half-truth and propaganda: a home away from home for questionable opinions that never get debated, including posts on this blog.
Also what is deeply suspicious is the infantile wording of the Internet
Twitter etc...
Also the suspicious wording of 'followers' 'I have hundreds of followers'
I mean one is not Jesus, or the leader with followers of some sect.
It is impossible to overrate the part played by the soft despotism of social media. Our verbal surroundings online are created by affinity; and each day a hundred small choices close the circle more tightly - let's call this soft despotism.
In these internet pods argument is isolated users in sectarian hives that become repositories of half-truth and propaganda: a home away from home for questionable opinions that never get debated.
The internet isolates users in sectarian hives that become repositories of half-truth and propaganda: a home away from home for questionable opinions that never get debated, including posts on this blog.
Also what is deeply suspicious is the infantile wording of the Internet
Twitter etc...
Also the suspicious wording of 'followers' 'I have hundreds of followers'
I mean one is not Jesus, or the leader with followers of some sect.
It is impossible to overrate the part played by the soft despotism of social media. Our verbal surroundings online are created by affinity; and each day a hundred small choices close the circle more tightly - let's call this soft despotism.
In these internet pods argument is isolated users in sectarian hives that become repositories of half-truth and propaganda: a home away from home for questionable opinions that never get debated.
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