Originally posted by lemon lime
oops, that last message was supposed to be a response to this post... no, I don't mean this one, I meant the one this one is connected to...\\ *
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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
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The online disinhibition effect is a loosening (or complete abandonment) of social restrictions and inhibitions that would otherwise be present in normal face-to-face interaction during interactions with others on the Internet. This effect is caused by many factors such as: dissociative anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, solipsistic introjection, dissociative imagination, and minimization of authority.[1]
Contents
1. General concept
1.1 You don't know me
1.2 You can't see me
1.3 See you later
1.4 It's all in my head
1.5 It's just a game
1.6 Your rules don't apply here
2 Possible consequences
3 Popular culture
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
General concept: Because of this loss of inhibition, some users may exhibit
benign tendencies such as: becoming more affectionate, more willing to open up to others, less guarded about emotions, all in an attempt to achieve emotional catharsis. According to psychologist John Suler,[2] this particular occurrence is called
benign disinhibition.
With respect to
bad behavior, users on the Internet can frequently do or say as they wish without fear of any kind of meaningful reprisal. In most Internet forums, the worst kind of punishment one can receive for bad behavior is usually being banned from a particular site. In practice, however, this serves little use; the person involved can usually circumvent the ban by simply registering another username and continuing the same behavior as before. Suler calls this
toxic disinhibition.[3]
CB radio during the 1970s saw similar bad behavior: Most of what you hear on CB radio is either
tedious (truck drivers warning one another about speed traps) or
banal (schoolgirls exchanging notes on homework), but at its occasional—and illegal—worst it sinks a pipeline to the depths of the American unconscious. Your ears are assaulted by the sound of racism at its most rampant, and by masturbation fantasies that are the aural equivalent of rape.
The sleep of reason, to quote Goya’s phrase, brings forth monsters, and the anonymity of CB encourages the monsters to emerge.[4] Suler names six primary factors behind
why people sometimes act radically different on the internet than when they do in normal face-to-face situations....." (italics and bold mine) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_disinhibition_effect
Question: Originally posted by JS357 "The online disinhibitionism effect is a major obstacle, if you mean online conversation." Yes, JS. I mean online conversation. Benign or Toxic Disinhibitionism as this forum's obstacle?
Note: Forwarded as a courtesy to lemon lime.
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