Anyone ever encounter prejudice from closed-minded people who don’t understand the internet?
Ever see someone afraid to refer to their ‘blog,’ for fear of getting bias by people who late-adopted a facebook page finally because they were too afraid to at the start?
This usually just amuses me, but you still see these things have a stigma attached to them in most circles. Why on earth would it be embarrassing?
And then the embarrassed look on their faces, when they come back and tell you they’ve signed up for facebook, or tumblr, or whatever.
Imagine this absurdity a century ago:
“Oh, you have a telephone?”
“Sure.”
(awkward pause accompanied by judgmental look)
“So you’re just so important that everyone has to be able to reach you right away, they can’t just wait to write a letter? The sound of your voice is so beautiful that they have to be able to hear it right now?”
”..Yeah.”
Help fight closed-minded Netcism.
Don’t Be Afraid, Silly Humans. The Internet Loves You.
People generally don’t question authority until they see someone else questioning authority, then they do.
..but not really, because there’s really just transfering their passivity to follow the new authority of the person who questioned the old one
So how do we motivate people to really challenge status quos themselves?