Aug 28, 2015

Web Side Story #4: Why Public Opinion Can Be Bad And Undermine Useful Discussions

It's really interesting to see how public opinion on the net falls into many problems and issues. Years ago, the internet and such public opinion machines like Twitter and Facebook were hailed as the liberation of the individual worldwide, everybody could voice their opinion so the world will become better...right?
Actually, not really. It did good for most but after a certain degree of liberty, it tends to turn for the bad side. By that, I mean toxic discussions, trolling and other things.
With the example of the discussion of the refugee wave coming to Europe, I wanna discuss why I think said things apply and what conclusions can be drawn from it.