Saying things online that you'd dare not say IRL

hames

Some of the message board comments about the woman who had to take Axa to court to have them pay out on her insurance claim, and a handful of the messages in the Enda Kenny thread (most others were sympathetic) make me wonder if people write a lot of these posts because they'd never say that sort of thing in public.

Is internet anonymity a problem?

Personally I think so. I'd like to see a lot more cases like that taken by Ryanair, where people who may be posting untrue and damaging comments can be appropriately challenged.

But if you are going to post something online, you almost always should be prepared to stand by it in your life away from the keyboard, right?

FatherLen

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beetlejuice
beetlejuice

Even When I Lie

Not sure about opinions that people express online, but when it comes to personal abuse - the vast majority of those that post it wouldn't have the guts to say it to those people's faces.

It's posted to impress their online buddies.

hames wrote: »

But if you are going to post something online, you almost always should be prepared to stand by it in your life away from the keyboard, right?

I think so, yes.

Especially if it can be shown that what has been written / said about person, has lowered the opinion that others now have of them as a result. People need to learn they can't nor shouldn't be *unjustly* running their mouths about others online without there being some sort of penalty for it. If they back up their reasons for saying what they have, then fair enough but there are a lot of scurrilous people online that take part in character assassinations of people (don't have to be celebrities) without adequate justification and they should be held accountable.

Declan Ganley would be a recent example of just that:

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/new-media/item/30949-twitter-defamation-first-ma

WeirdKen

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1ZRed

You're not "curvy", just fat

D1stant

hames wrote: »

Personally I think so. I'd like to see a lot more cases like that taken by Ryanair, where people who may be posting untrue and damaging comments can be appropriately challenged.

The Professional Pilots Rumour Network is a serious forum where intelligent people debate

Boardsies are generally Neanderthal and so have diplomatic imunity

admiralofthefleet

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stanley 2

FatherLen wrote: »

beetlejuice
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beetlejuice

your pro choice is at the end of the day child abuse

markfinn

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19

Nuff said, really.

antodeco

IRL is definitely one!

davet82

Mary Harney
Mary Harney
Mary Harney

iDave

Jerry Kiernan is a twat...actually no I'd gladly say that anywhere

FatherLen

stanley 2 wrote: »

your pro choice is at the end of the day child abuse

whut?

AnonoBoy

I say everything I post online in real life too.

But only because I speak aloud as I type.

Bitch. Sh*t. C*ck. Mutha****a!





(That last one has gotten me some strange looks in this coffee shop for sure!)

Cereal Number

I hate foreigners

Especially Greeks


Also you should use AFK (Away from keyboard) instead of IRL as the internet is real life yo

Pilotdude5

D1stant wrote: »

The Professional Pilots Rumour Network is a serious forum where intelligent people debate

This has given me the biggest LOL in a while:D Try reading the Fragrant Harbour fourms;)

Korvanica

OP is a ...

:pac:

ITS_A_BADGER

are you zane or zara?

Madam_X

On the Axa thread, there are personal attacks, which you may have a point about OP, but criticisms of the case (without personal attack) are valid, and not something people wouldn't dare saying in real life.

seven_eleven

Im going kill you, op......and then I'm going to go BOMB THE WHITE HOUSE! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!

But if you are going to post something online, you almost always should be prepared to stand by it in your life away from the keyboard, right?

Pilotdude5

seven_eleven wrote: »

Im going kill you, op......and then I'm going to go BOMB THE WHITE HOUSE! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!

A screen just flashed a warning in some NSA building somewhere.

seven_eleven

Pilotdude5 wrote: »

A screen just flashed a warning in some NSA building somewhere.

This isnt the first time I've made such joking threats. I wonder if I will genuinly be allowed into america next time I visit.

hames

Madam_X wrote: »

On the Axa thread, there are personal attacks, which you may have a point about OP, but criticisms of the case (without personal attack) are valid, and not something people wouldn't dare saying in real life.

i'm not really trying to make any point about that case, just using it as an example that sprang to mind.

i don't have a problem with genuine comment. as you said, comment that is not a personal attack is valid.

it might be helpful if there was a situation like on the irish times website and users had to login using facebook or myspace etc before making comments. at least it gives *some* legitimacy to what they are posting, or might make them think twice.

ITS_A_BADGER

imagine if people did stand by what they said on the internet, then i would have turned down russian woman that never met me before that think im hot and want to marry me, The king of nigeria would be my friend and offered me loads of money that i rudely turned down, and i must have ignored a plee for gaddafi''s niece looking for help with some gold :rolleyes:

sea_monkey

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