Your friend's friend makes an intolerant comment on your friend's profile. It's highly offensive, almost bordering fascism from your point of view. But you are not sure what to do. It's not addressed to you, but it's in a cvasi-public space - a friend's wall. You do not know that person, but in a way it's just like being in a shop and witnessing a blatantly intolerant act. What do you? Do you comment? Or do you ignore it? Should you tell yourself it is just a private comment? Or should you rather respond to it, precisely because if a private comment in a public space remains unaddressed, it may look like everyone else endorses it?
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Facebook Intolerance
Your friend's friend makes an intolerant comment on your friend's profile. It's highly offensive, almost bordering fascism from your point of view. But you are not sure what to do. It's not addressed to you, but it's in a cvasi-public space - a friend's wall. You do not know that person, but in a way it's just like being in a shop and witnessing a blatantly intolerant act. What do you? Do you comment? Or do you ignore it? Should you tell yourself it is just a private comment? Or should you rather respond to it, precisely because if a private comment in a public space remains unaddressed, it may look like everyone else endorses it?
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This has happened to me and after much deliberation I decided I needed to make a short comment. I awaiting the anticipated backlash and I was surprised at the supportive comments I received. Only one person felt an appropriate response to my comments was 'BNP BNP BNP'... It has become my 2010 policy to remove anyone from my friends list who displays such attitudes!
Why not to leave a comment and communicate textually in public as we do on blogs?
I will report it because there are rules and regulations governing such issues. In the first place such thing shouldn't have happen because we all know it's against the terms and conditions of facebook usage.
in the end, i decided to leave a comment. a facebook page is, after all, a public space within your network of friends.
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