This came to my attention earlier this week... I think somebody linked it on twitter. Anyway, Phil Plait is a skeptic, but the stuff he says about the ways people try to persuade other people on the internet, are worth a good hard look. Especially if one often finds oneself butting heads with other people.
Summary, and these are as close to the "golden rules of internet commenting" as you can find:
1. it's not what you say, it's how you say it
2. don't be a dick -- back in my "complaining expats" days, I once wrote that "when you talk so harshly, even when you're right, you're wrong, and even if you win the argument, you still lose"
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Best line: "Is your goal to score cheap points, or is your goal to win the damn game?"
one expat's life in Korea
4 comments:
I think that all of these rules go out the window when people post as anonymous...it seems that having no identity often allows people to feel like they can be as be a dick as they want!
Nice vids!
that's one of the things I like about tumblr: you can't post anonymous comments there.
Well if you are looking for replies you should be a dick. If you say things nicely, people don't really pay attention. That's the problem.
Oh, yeah?!
(Just kidding)
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