Precisely, and also something that is not true of Facebook. Because, y’know, good luck setting up your own Facebook. Even Google couldn’t manage to do that.
The good news is, human beings are more directly connected to each other than at any other point in human history. Spoiler alert: this is also the bad news.
Perhaps, but also the source of “disemvoweling” which I feel is not just a bad idea but actively harmful. I think it’s more clearly stated as a breakdown in the cost of emotional labor:
First we’ll reframe the problem: the real issue is not Problem Child’s opinions – he can have whatever opinions he wants. The issue is that he’s doing zero emotional labor – he’s not thinking about his audience or his effect on people at all. (Possibly, he’s just really bad at modeling other people’s responses – the outcome is the same whether he lacks the will or lacks the skill.) But to be a good community member, he needs to consider his audience.
