Do messageboards tend to dumb people down?
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Do messageboards tend to dumb people down?
Do you have an opinion about this?
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No, it doesnt dumb people down, but it does take away certain non verbal communications which can distort the intended message and message boards also tend to remove all the usual social obligations such as manners, being polite and an acceptable way of treating other people with respect to peoples opinions and feelings.
In other words if some people were to behave the same way towards others in a pub as they do on a message board they would probably get the crap kicked out of them.
In other words if some people were to behave the same way towards others in a pub as they do on a message board they would probably get the crap kicked out of them.
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with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
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with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
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I think it depends entirely on the forum, and/or the person. This forum is generally pretty intelligent, I think, despite the current thread about the biggest willy.....which is actually more intelligent than you'd find a lot of places elsewhere on the internet. At least people here can spell and punctuate correctly, usually.
But a lot of boards are places for adolescent boys with penis insecurities to gather, although they probably don't have to dumb themselves down, which is the scary part, to me.
So, for me, no. I don't dumb down for this or any other forum. I'm sure some people do, however.
But a lot of boards are places for adolescent boys with penis insecurities to gather, although they probably don't have to dumb themselves down, which is the scary part, to me.
So, for me, no. I don't dumb down for this or any other forum. I'm sure some people do, however.
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Perhaps it was naive for me to expect that much insight on the subject would ensue. There's probably a sense that it is a bit of a taboo subject to bring up. But, although there is hesitation for people to expound on their reasoning, I bet at least several people thought about it because the answer is not so clear cut. And if people do think it's taboo so that it inhibits their thinking, what good is that? Whatever viewpoints are offered or just looked at can only help one to arrive to a clearer view.
Anyway, there's a whole lot of stuff written about the subject elsewhere, for example here: http://users.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/psycyber.html if anyone is interested. And I'm not the person who voted 'yes', incidentally (admin would probably know who, which hey, I wonder if that may have influenced the vote).
Thanks StrictTime for at least acknowledging that maybe it depends on the situation.
I find Mr. Average's signature ironic, given the definiteness of his one word response. Go on, offer some more of your thoughts on it!
Anyway, there's a whole lot of stuff written about the subject elsewhere, for example here: http://users.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/psycyber.html if anyone is interested. And I'm not the person who voted 'yes', incidentally (admin would probably know who, which hey, I wonder if that may have influenced the vote).
Thanks StrictTime for at least acknowledging that maybe it depends on the situation.
I find Mr. Average's signature ironic, given the definiteness of his one word response. Go on, offer some more of your thoughts on it!
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No, not at all, unless you are a mere parrot. Bamboo, since when do you require details in support of a position? An individual can arrive at a position and hold dear an ideology with much forethought and instrospection. That doesn't mean that position has to be immediately defended.bambooneedle wrote:
I find Mr. Average's signature ironic, given the definiteness of his one word response. Go on, offer some more of your thoughts on it!
But since you asked: if you are prone to believing everything you read on the internet, then the answer is yes. I doubt that applies to this audience. So my answer, which was situation specif I suppose, was targeted.
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Ive actually voted yes to this poll as i think message boards in general encourage knee jerk responses and opinions.
Mind you i think the same about telephone phone ins on any subject but especially sport and in particular football. You tend to get the lowest common denominator type of football fan phoning in and giving an opinion that is worthless at best.
Having said all that i find the EC message board highly entertaining and having started adding the odd contribution Im fascinated and intrigued by all the posts. On the one hand I get all my EC news more up to date than from any record company or music paper and also get to hear what fellow EC fans are listening to, watching, reading etc, so i love it......
Sorry, what was the question again.......
Mind you i think the same about telephone phone ins on any subject but especially sport and in particular football. You tend to get the lowest common denominator type of football fan phoning in and giving an opinion that is worthless at best.
Having said all that i find the EC message board highly entertaining and having started adding the odd contribution Im fascinated and intrigued by all the posts. On the one hand I get all my EC news more up to date than from any record company or music paper and also get to hear what fellow EC fans are listening to, watching, reading etc, so i love it......
Sorry, what was the question again.......
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People take on different personas on message boards. I'm not clever enough to do so so what you read here is what you get when you meet me.
One of the people on this board who regularly courts controversy is actually a cuddly fluffy bunny rabbit of a guy in person.
One of the difficulties with the typed word is that one cannot always gauge sarcasm or intonation by purely reading the written word.
I'm not sure if messageboards dumb people down but I've learnt a hell of a lot from members of this board. I don't necessarily agree with certain views but on occasion they have led me to challenge my own views about things. However at the end of the day it always transpires that I was right in the first place
One of the people on this board who regularly courts controversy is actually a cuddly fluffy bunny rabbit of a guy in person.
One of the difficulties with the typed word is that one cannot always gauge sarcasm or intonation by purely reading the written word.
I'm not sure if messageboards dumb people down but I've learnt a hell of a lot from members of this board. I don't necessarily agree with certain views but on occasion they have led me to challenge my own views about things. However at the end of the day it always transpires that I was right in the first place
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Well, never let it be said that message boards promote humility.verbal gymnastics wrote:However at the end of the day it always transpires that I was right in the first place
Since my high school reunion, someone started a message board for all the classmates of my graduation year. This board has served as a true watershed for me and has allowed me to reconnect with people I did not realize I still had anything in common with other than being from the same graduation class. Some threads have turned into confessionals of what we all thought "back then" and closure to things we never figured out all those years ago. For many dysfunctional family reasons, I have felt that it would always be impossible for me to "go home" to that area again. Reconnecting with people from that time of my life has made me realize that I will always be welcome there, and that whatever is in the past is of no importance now - if I don't want it to be.
So, not only did I not feel that messageboards dumbed people down before this, but I feel it even more strongly now. I mean, I can't imagine not having Verbal in my existence. His intelligence has brought so much to my life.
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