brraap Posted October 17 Posted October 17 When a celebrity or influencer makes a mistake, the internet piles on with relentless outrage. Has cancel culture warped our sense of morality? 3
mons†er Posted October 17 Posted October 17 Social media has warped the world's sense of morality in general. The dogpiling isn't so much the issue as it's more so people being consistent with who and what they hold accountable. Cancel culture isn't really a thing anymore, it was very much a phase during the pandemic. For example, in the beginning I started to believe the world was doing too much on Katy Perry. However, she's incredibly tone deaf (double entendres) and her flippant responses to working with Dr. Puke makes the dogpiling valid. 1
Vegvisir Posted October 17 Posted October 17 Yup, the dopamine feedback loop of dogpiling and the validation of having the "correct" opinion has f*cked up a LOT of people and eroded the concept of grace and decorum for many. 5 3
Tropez Posted October 17 Posted October 17 People on the internet just have this need to have the moral high ground. They don't usually care about the issues, they just need to feel better than someone else. 2
tost1 Posted October 17 Posted October 17 Lame people just want to feel better about themselves by focusing on other people's mistakes... And the internet made it extremely easy to do it 3
Princess Aurora Posted October 17 Posted October 17 Oh definitely. I think the Internet made people less empathetic 1
shyboi Posted October 17 Posted October 17 29 minutes ago, Tropez said: People on the internet just have this need to have the moral high ground. They don't usually care about the issues, they just need to feel better than someone else.
nsst Posted October 17 Posted October 17 (edited) it's wild how people can act so differently online versus in real life. irl most folks wouldn't publicly criticize or spread rumors about someone, they typically keep things casual and have genuine conversations. but online, it feels like there's this pressure to perform and prove you're on the right side of things. people are more likely to post a controversial opinion to seek validation rather than taking a step back and truly thinking things through. i believe it's all about the likes and retweets.. these people don't genuinely care about the issues, they just want to feel like they're part of a hate train Edited October 18 by nsst 2
Rihinvention Posted October 17 Posted October 17 (edited) Yeah, definitely. I feel like all celebrities have adopted this "don't read the comments" mindset, just so they (aka their mental health) can survive. Unfortunately, this has resulted in the outsourcing of all social media responsibilities/platforms. This is now the responsibility of a group of social media coordinators, a.k.a, a group of 26-year-olds in New York or LA who require approvals on EVERYTHING they post. As a result, our favourite artists don't genuinely interact with us anymore… When you think about it, the only real losers in this equation are us, the fans… Edited October 17 by Rihinvention 1
Malkuth Posted October 17 Posted October 17 1 hour ago, brraap said: When a celebrity or influencer makes a mistake, the internet piles on with relentless outrage. Has cancel culture warped our sense of morality? Many people like to be part of the majority opinion. So if you can create the impression that almost everybody else believes a certain thing, then many others will change their opinion to agree with that. So the Internet pile-ons are an example of that. In some cases they are justified, but in a lot of cases half of it is just people pretending to join in because they are scared of being the only one who disagrees. Personally, I don't care. I just say what I believe. I don't care if I'm in the 1% of opinion.
Helix Posted October 17 Posted October 17 1 hour ago, tost1 said: Lame people just want to feel better about themselves by focusing on other people's mistakes... And the internet made it extremely easy to do it 1 hour ago, Tropez said: People on the internet just have this need to have the moral high ground. They don't usually care about the issues, they just need to feel better than someone else. This, and at the same time those exact people are usually behaving like the most shitty and hateful person out there. The double standards on social media are insane.
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