Yesterday I posted a provocative thread on my image of "the typical millennial" in the offtopic subsection of this forum (here) to encourage discussion about perceived behavior patterns within this community.
The content apparently was allowed - but the discussion not wanted, because the posting was instantly moved to the "my personal blog" section - where it was basically left to die, because of the suddenly established power mismatch between me as "the blogger" and commenters.
(Think youtube comments section.)
I also got the subsequent comments by peers, why I always have to talk about offtopic themes - when I initially started the thread in here. The offtopic section.
I want an open discussion about online behavior within this community, but also outside it - and to learn something about peoples collective self images along the way - but everytime I try to focus discussion around the notion that most peoples behavior in here distinctly is not ok - the discussion gets maligned or censored.
I dont get any feedback - and now I know, that the content itself is not the issue - because its allowed to exist in here, just not in a place where it could lead to actual discussion.
Here is the content I posted: https://gbatemp.net/entry/millennials-an-epistemology.15152/
I would be delighted, If we could talk about the concepts, that made this behavior (service culture, self entitlement, fake smiles and optimized public online selfimages, replacing discussions about sensitive topics with the *toxic* meme, being acritical, demanding PC and safe space culture, ...) the online default for an entire generation.
"Asocial media" already is a concept people talk about, and I am experiencing it in here, pretty much every time I visit the community - I would like to have a discussion on why this is ok as a default. Or even, why it is the current default.
The content apparently was allowed - but the discussion not wanted, because the posting was instantly moved to the "my personal blog" section - where it was basically left to die, because of the suddenly established power mismatch between me as "the blogger" and commenters.
(Think youtube comments section.)
I also got the subsequent comments by peers, why I always have to talk about offtopic themes - when I initially started the thread in here. The offtopic section.
I want an open discussion about online behavior within this community, but also outside it - and to learn something about peoples collective self images along the way - but everytime I try to focus discussion around the notion that most peoples behavior in here distinctly is not ok - the discussion gets maligned or censored.
I dont get any feedback - and now I know, that the content itself is not the issue - because its allowed to exist in here, just not in a place where it could lead to actual discussion.
Here is the content I posted: https://gbatemp.net/entry/millennials-an-epistemology.15152/
I would be delighted, If we could talk about the concepts, that made this behavior (service culture, self entitlement, fake smiles and optimized public online selfimages, replacing discussions about sensitive topics with the *toxic* meme, being acritical, demanding PC and safe space culture, ...) the online default for an entire generation.
"Asocial media" already is a concept people talk about, and I am experiencing it in here, pretty much every time I visit the community - I would like to have a discussion on why this is ok as a default. Or even, why it is the current default.
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