> The point being that those who actually use incivility as a wedge to > divide the community are quite well aware of that, and this is what > needs to be stamped out as disruption, not intermittent breakdowns of > the civility code. > > I saw a recent study suggesting, alarmingly, that online many people > find angry language and comment relatively persuasive; presumably > because they assume it is sincere, and assume that sincerity has > something to do with being right. I find this much more worrying than > the traditional "lack of affect" argument, because you'd assume over > time people would adapt to that (have we not adapted to the phone?) > > I think there are probably a couple of serious fallacies being allowed > to dominate this discussion, still. > > Charles
Yes there is research: http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/how-rude-reader-comments-may-undermine-scientists-authority/32071 Nastiness works. However, our problem is with the enablers. Fred _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
