Dear #netartizens:

>>>> "Whatever the magnitude/form, online dialogues appear to be flooded with
antagonistic commentary.² ­ Mez Breeze

I ask this question: Are the online forums doomed to positioning, attacking,
& posturing as Mez alludes, or do we have the desire or the inclination to
create, build, and develop something new & alive & energizing & monumental
in the networked ³social sculpture" of the list?

Randall



Mechanisms of Exclusion: ³We Are All Faceless Mobs Now, Dawg.²

New article on Furtherfield by Mez Breeze.

Mez Breeze examines the inner workings of our contemporary internet rage
machine to identify its social and psychological causes.

"Today¹s online spaces are communication minefields. When interacting in
multiplayer games or social media niches, networks come drenched in
reactivity bile. And although we might seem to bile-dilute, instead we
intellectually saw at each other through a polite veneer. Here, civil
discourse is label-trotted. Discourse bile may also erupt in
balls-to-the-wall screaming matches. Such bouts involve trollbaiting,
d0xxing, and Internet Rage Machine power-ups. Whatever the magnitude/form,
online dialogues appear to be flooded with antagonistic commentary."

http://www.furtherfield.org/features/articles/mechanisms-of-exclusion

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