NIMAN wrote: » Totally agree. Only takes a numpty on the net to start a rumour and it'll be on CNN and the BBC a few minutes later as there is little quality in 24hr rolling news.
The Backwards Man wrote: » Social media is the modern equivalent of the man down the pub that knows everything without ever leaving the pub
mahamageehad wrote: » Yeah except everyone knew to take whatever he said with a pinch (or shovel) of salt whereas people seem to take stuff online as legit. The daily mail and the like are also to blame for that I think. That's the worrying part... Twitter is still tripping over itself with "BOMBS!!!" despite the fact that German authorities have confirmed nothing was found! I'd love some kind of verified tag on Twitter or Facebook that marks out the legit stories in the scare mongering and crap.
Junkyard Tom wrote: » Humans can't be infected with a computer virus so no.
nullzero wrote: » Something like this was bound to happen so soon after a terrorist attack. It was just a case of where. Terrorism has always made people edgy, that's why it's called terrorism, social media may add another layer of hysteria to it but even without it people would be seeing everything through the lens of terrorist inspired paranoia. In short, social media is an extension of human behavior not really an influencer of it.
sonny.knowles wrote: » That's what the computers want you to believe. Next they'll be saying that computers can't take a dump.
mahamageehad wrote: » A friendly match between Germany and Netherlands was cancelled and evacuated a few hours ago due to bomb threats. If you were following the whole thing on Twitter you'd have learned that an ambulance filled with explosives was outside the stadium as well as a device inside and another bomb at the train station. BBC and a few others even reported on these claims. Turns out none of those were actually true though..... So, without getting into the whole ethics and religion part of the terrorism debate, is social media/the internet making it worse? Or at least making it seem a bigger threat for people than it actually is? With the latest attacks in Paris, people seem to have lost all perspective on the level of the threat, talking about cancelling trips and closing borders and barricading themselves into the house and stuff. I can't even count how many references to World War 3 I've seen over the last few days! Before I get accused of it, I'm not saying we shouldn't show support and empathy to the people of France. What happened there was horrible and disgusting and an eye-opener for many in Europe. But even in the worst violence that happened on French soil since WW2, in the worst hit venue (the concert), there was a 94% chance of survival. More people died on Irish roads last year than were killed in Paris but people haven't abandoned their cars in fear. It's the same when an airplane crashes- it freaks a lot of people out and they refuse to fly, despite the fact that they're more likely to be killed driving to the airport! Tl;dr - Is social media and sensationalist reporting (in conjunction with mé féin attitudes) making the whole terrorism thing seem worse than it is? Or should I be at home quaking in my boots?
RDM_83 again wrote: » I would say its also to do with the fact for the Irish/British generally we have experience with a different sort of "Terrorism". The entire IRA bombing campaign in mainland Britain killed 180 people and there was a lot of attacks over decades, a bomb scare would in general not involve a device that was going to cause casualties. Yes there was far too many dead deliberately and accidental atrocities like Omagh but even myself having mainly grown up post 94 and spent most of my adult life in the Republic , I've seen the aftermath of at least 3 bombs, one of which was large, and been driven past (before it was discovered) a viable (but not armed) dissident car bomb. Even stuff relating to the middle east has changed, there was plenty of hijackings that ended peacefully back in the 70's etc
mahamageehad wrote: » the whole terrorism thing
XR3i wrote: » have u any skin in the game yourself, it's easy to be philosophical if u haven't
Corpus Twisty wrote: » Is it not doing the rounds that Anonymous hacked the paris network and gave the terrorists details to the Gendarmerie? Also fecked up a lot of their Twitter/vid feeds?? Wouldn't be 100% on that, but I was told so this evening. If true, or even a bit true - there's the internet making it better.
endacl wrote: » The bit in bold. It makes my teeth itch. Can we grow out of it soon please? The whole *insert topic* thing. Unless you refer specifically to an aspect of the subject under discussion, a discussion of the totality of the subject is implied. Nothing to do with the thread. It's just that it makes people sound stupid. When everybody sounds stupid its harder to spot the actual stupid people. It appears to be the new 'literally'. Cease. Also desist.
keithclancy wrote: » The new trend on Facebook is people shaming people for saying anything about the Paris Attacks as they should be sorry for all things that happen everywhere at all times.. E.G. Person A: Feel sorry for the people dead in the Bataclan Person B: You are a c*nt .. what about people that died in Beirut, you disgust me. Social Media be crazy
