Social Media Ethics
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:37 am
One pet peeve I have with this social media thing is labeling. Often times I see the terms libtard, right-winger, sexist, feminist, masker, anit-masker, sheep, conspiracy theorist, racist and uncle tom used to attack another person without addressing the argument presented.
Labeling does have its purpose in understanding a person or object and how it affects the overall group but too often it is used as a personal attack by a person who does not like the views of another. This is also a form of gas-lighting used by narcissist. It is also fairly easy to identify a narcissist like person by admitting up to the label they gave you and presenting them with facts. For an example a person could admit to being a right-winger and state actual facts on their view. This will drive the narcissist crazy because it takes away the only thing they were standing on.
An intelligent way to use a label to get a point across is to simply define the label as so everyone understands where you are coming from and then point out the actions off another on how it can be perceived that way.
I don't use social media much because of some of the reasons I discussed. I do find that social media can be beneficial when used in the correct way and by having some knowledge of how different people react in social media settings.
I also find there is usually less problems on internet forums than large platforms because on forums there is some form of government by the owner/staff/moderators as opposed to large platforms where it is mostly self governed. One the other hand a forum can be largely influenced by the government of the individual board and at the end of the day it is up to the user to decide on where and how they interact on social media.
Labeling does have its purpose in understanding a person or object and how it affects the overall group but too often it is used as a personal attack by a person who does not like the views of another. This is also a form of gas-lighting used by narcissist. It is also fairly easy to identify a narcissist like person by admitting up to the label they gave you and presenting them with facts. For an example a person could admit to being a right-winger and state actual facts on their view. This will drive the narcissist crazy because it takes away the only thing they were standing on.
An intelligent way to use a label to get a point across is to simply define the label as so everyone understands where you are coming from and then point out the actions off another on how it can be perceived that way.
I don't use social media much because of some of the reasons I discussed. I do find that social media can be beneficial when used in the correct way and by having some knowledge of how different people react in social media settings.
I also find there is usually less problems on internet forums than large platforms because on forums there is some form of government by the owner/staff/moderators as opposed to large platforms where it is mostly self governed. One the other hand a forum can be largely influenced by the government of the individual board and at the end of the day it is up to the user to decide on where and how they interact on social media.