Posted by AuntieMel on August 3, 2004, at 16:57:52
In reply to Re: car wrecks power of a crowd, posted by Shadowplayers721 on August 3, 2004, at 16:15:53
<<<< It's all about human nature. People are drawn to negative behavior. Negative behavior gets a lot of attention. Some people want to encourage it. Some make excuses for poor behavior. Some try to stop it. Some want to help it. Some want to understand it. ETC. But, those that remain civil get no attention for being civil and so is society.
***BUT - what if {a very likely thing in the written word} the person *percieved* to be negative wasn't intending that at all??? What I mean, and this may be the power of the crowd part, is that in the particular case [that everyone is dancing around due to civility rules,] I thought at first read the posts were *very* negative. Only later could I go back and see that this probably (or at least possibly) wasn't the case. At least initially.
So, isn't it possible that the hubub was created by a big cyber-misunderstanding?
In which case maybe our guest would give us some tips as to how to avoid things like this in the future.
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