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Originally Posted by TGS
As a medium the internet can, in some ways, minimize the negative impacts of those differences, simply because I am mostly unaware of the genders, ethnicities, ages and abilities of many of the people I communicate with. It can also provide a screen behind which people can hide to get away with saying things they wouldn't say in a more face-to-face situation. I am agreeing with you that the latter is often, but not always, a bad thing, but I'm also saying that the former can be, but isn't necessarily, a good thing.
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I understand what you mean, as I attested to in the essay... but I question whether the discussion of digital media needs that anonymity to progress... in fact, I claim that it has only served to hold it back.
Anyway, this really wasn't the thread to discuss the merits of the piece, but it was nice to see that someone was interested!