[Foundation-l] Deindividuation and Wikipedia.

[David Gerard]

On 12 March 2011 22:59, Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Deindividuation pervades virtual worlds, and the results are mixed.
> Download “Second Life” and take a stroll. Sooner or later you’ll end
> up in a sex dungeon. Play any game on Xbox Live, and someone will
> eventually claim to have carnal knowledge of your mother. You can
> thank anonymity and deindividuation for both. The comments under a
> Youtube video may make you weep for the species, but just click over
> to the entry on the humanzee in Wikipedia for restoration. It is
> consistent with the world outside the machine. The same force which
> built and maintained concentration camps also pushed soldiers onto
> Omaha Beach."


http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/3/19/


- d.