Interactivity is, all in all, one of best things to come from the internet. The Q&A format net journalism and blogging now partakes in is a great idea. Everybody wants a say, especially if the guy on the net is talking crazy and you want to let him know - he'll get his...Now we can, straight to the heart of the matter, to the author!
Unfortunately, this is the idea and not the reality. Giving voice to voiceless is going badly wrong, post by post. "R U f*@King CRAZY? I HaTe hR" states one moron. "naw idiot thats not tru u bitch" comes the reply. Sound like a YouTube argument over Avril Lavigne? Most likely it’s your local online newspaper forum.
The idea of an intelligent space for debate is disappearing. The space for idiocy is quickly overtaking it like a stolen Mondeo driven by Camden's finest young drunkards - shaky and illiterate but fast as hell. To put it another way, Rupert Murdoch called this comment space "the final stage of democracy." If that's true, let's storm No. 10, send Gordon Brown to exile in Scotland and create a dictatorship.
A friend of mine has come up with a novel solution.
a) Log on to any space with the comment feature.
b) Identify what I will call the "stupid space".
c) Inflame the situation with an absolutely ridiculous loaded statement and watch the fireworks fly. "BASTARD"; "evil doer, jesus will kill youuuu"; "Screw you, man!"
d) Check back in once every few days and keep fanning the flames with more and more outlandish statements.
e) You can adapt this in to a game and keep a tally of how many days it takes the illiterati to realise they're being had. First to be caught loses and is forced to read comment pages for a week.
Let's all get stupid together.
Unfortunately, this is the idea and not the reality. Giving voice to voiceless is going badly wrong, post by post. "R U f*@King CRAZY? I HaTe hR" states one moron. "naw idiot thats not tru u bitch" comes the reply. Sound like a YouTube argument over Avril Lavigne? Most likely it’s your local online newspaper forum.
The idea of an intelligent space for debate is disappearing. The space for idiocy is quickly overtaking it like a stolen Mondeo driven by Camden's finest young drunkards - shaky and illiterate but fast as hell. To put it another way, Rupert Murdoch called this comment space "the final stage of democracy." If that's true, let's storm No. 10, send Gordon Brown to exile in Scotland and create a dictatorship.
A friend of mine has come up with a novel solution.
a) Log on to any space with the comment feature.
b) Identify what I will call the "stupid space".
c) Inflame the situation with an absolutely ridiculous loaded statement and watch the fireworks fly. "BASTARD"; "evil doer, jesus will kill youuuu"; "Screw you, man!"
d) Check back in once every few days and keep fanning the flames with more and more outlandish statements.
e) You can adapt this in to a game and keep a tally of how many days it takes the illiterati to realise they're being had. First to be caught loses and is forced to read comment pages for a week.
Let's all get stupid together.
1 comment:
In the words of Eamon 'fuq you' and in the word of frankee 'furb'.
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