Well, fuck it - I like Internet shaming people after all

Started by Martinus, July 28, 2015, 01:55:36 PM

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The Brain

#120
July 30, 2015, 03:40:38 PM
Quote from: Zanza on July 30, 2015, 03:31:47 PM
Quote from: grumbler on July 30, 2015, 02:29:34 PM
Quote from: Zanza on July 30, 2015, 01:32:00 PM
Tabloids existed way before Twitter and always had much higher distribution than quality newspapers. I find the idea that intellectual discourse has been harmed by new social media questionable.

Maybe in Germany, but in the US there were only a handful of tabloids, and their combined circulation was absolutely dwarfed by the circulation of quality newspapers before, say, the turn of the 21st century.
Okay, wrong generalisation by me then. Where did Americans get their gossip and trivial "news" back in the day?

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Valmy

#121
July 30, 2015, 03:41:18 PM
Don't be ridiculous. Klan meetings were all business.
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The Brain

#122
July 30, 2015, 03:42:30 PM
Quote from: Valmy on July 30, 2015, 03:41:18 PM
Don't be ridiculous. Klan meetings were all business.

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Admiral Yi

#123
July 30, 2015, 03:58:05 PM
I think it's fair to say that whereas the superficiality, stupidity, and vindictiveness of twitter and its ilk are nothing new, the range of participants has increased greatly.

Norgy

#124
July 30, 2015, 04:23:05 PM
I think of social media as all the letters to the editor that were just ridiculed and laughed at during lunch being published. All the time.

grumbler

#125
July 30, 2015, 04:26:18 PM
Quote from: Norgy on July 30, 2015, 04:23:05 PM
I think of social media as all the letters to the editor that were just ridiculed and laughed at during lunch being published. All the time.

I quite like that analogy, but it requires the reader to know what "letters to the editor" were. :(
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crazy canuck

#126
July 30, 2015, 05:24:59 PM
Quote from: Zanza on July 30, 2015, 03:38:15 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 30, 2015, 02:50:00 PM


http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/dec/14/national-newspapers-sales-decade
Hmm, the article is very vague when it comes to explanations. Not sure how it supports your point which I understood as social media having a bad influence on public discourse.

The point I am making is that newspaper readership, and as a result newspapers, have declined remarkably since the late 80s. 

Tonitrus

#127
July 30, 2015, 08:20:17 PM
Quote from: derspiess on July 30, 2015, 03:32:40 PM
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MadImmortalMan

#128
July 31, 2015, 01:37:50 PM
Cecil?




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Siege

#129
July 31, 2015, 01:39:35 PM
Can someone hunt down Martinus please.


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garbon

#130
July 31, 2015, 02:10:13 PM
Quote from: Siege on July 31, 2015, 01:39:35 PM
Can someone hunt down Martinus please.

Less sex talk, please.
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The Brain

#131
August 01, 2015, 02:11:03 AM
People now having a voice may have some annoying effects, but it sure beats the alternative.
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Martinus

#132
August 01, 2015, 02:32:25 AM
Change is bad. Film at 11.

garbon

#133
August 01, 2015, 02:44:07 AM
Quote from: Martinus on August 01, 2015, 02:32:25 AM
Change is bad. Film at 11.

I think you might mean "full video stream available now"
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Syt

#134
August 01, 2015, 02:51:09 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 01, 2015, 02:44:07 AM
Quote from: Martinus on August 01, 2015, 02:32:25 AM
Change is bad. Film at 11.

I think you might mean "full video stream available now"

I think you mean, "But I never expected what happens next!"
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