why the internet is not Vegas

[frecklestars]

LJ Idol week 30 (4/6): cesspool

Urban Dictionary has a fantastic definition for the cesspool of humanity: "the comments on almost any YouTube video".

I've met too many people who think the internet is fake. Not in the sense that it doesn't exist, but in the "What you say on the internet doesn't matter [because it's not face to face]" sort of way.

O_o

Comments

[whipchick]

Hear, hear.

I argue with my mother, who says, "well, just delete stuff you don't like." I tell her that for her generation, the internet is a fun toy. For me, it is the vast repository of information, and I'm going to do everything I can to try to keep it clean.

[frecklestars]

Yeah, my mom doesn't fully get it either. Dad does, but that's because he works for a search engine...

[basric]

It'd be nice to have a button you could put on your computer to filter out the filth that appears when you do a simple search. If I had a child under 18 in the house there'd be no internet.

Well written.

[m_malcontent]

I despair when I read comments on news articles....so much hate.

This entry is a nice reminder for us all.

[jem0000000]

*hugs* Well-said, and definitely true. :)

[alycewilson]

I ought to link to this from the Wild Violet submission guidelines. Getting tired of taking down work people no longer want tied to them.