The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)
by Yule Heibel on June 21, 2009
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Social media creepies « samothrace
Although not quite (yet) an example of cyber-stalking, I found Victoria Klassen’s description of an online-generated encounter with a person who feels entitled to finger-wag her for some perceived moral or behavioral shortcoming(s) noteworthy because it all happened locally. I’m not sure whether that makes it even creepier or somehow just cozier than being digitally accosted by someone a thousand miles away, but I’m certain it says something about the intersection of “real life” and social media at the local level. At any rate, I left a comment describing my own experiences with people like the “creep” she had to deal with.
In the end, Victoria’s closing comment is the best answer to those people:
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Bottom line: if you don’t like what I say you have two options: don’t read my stream or this blog, or join the conversation in the open, in the same way as the rest of us.
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Right on.
tags: comments, victoria_klassen, socialmedia, cyber_culture, stalking
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)
by Yule Heibel on June 21, 2009
Social media creepies « samothrace
Although not quite (yet) an example of cyber-stalking, I found Victoria Klassen’s description of an online-generated encounter with a person who feels entitled to finger-wag her for some perceived moral or behavioral shortcoming(s) noteworthy because it all happened locally. I’m not sure whether that makes it even creepier or somehow just cozier than being digitally accosted by someone a thousand miles away, but I’m certain it says something about the intersection of “real life” and social media at the local level. At any rate, I left a comment describing my own experiences with people like the “creep” she had to deal with.
In the end, Victoria’s closing comment is the best answer to those people:
QUOTE
Bottom line: if you don’t like what I say you have two options: don’t read my stream or this blog, or join the conversation in the open, in the same way as the rest of us.
UNQUOTE
Right on.
tags: comments, victoria_klassen, socialmedia, cyber_culture, stalking
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.