Angry people of the Internet nowadays, Why?

On 3/4/2015 spud188 said: Your quote is nice.

Thanks!

We've probably always been this mean, but with internet we can spew it all around.

"We have the Infostructure for Sustained Outrage".

It's a mob mentality...might start off as an off comment, but words go viral with hundreds/thousands of invisible people behind that comment.

newziesuzie, I just hid all posts from one of my Facebook friends this morning. I don't want to see anything posted by this person. I'm not saying it's all bad, but more often than not and that's not why I'm there. I stopped short of completely unfriending, but that's the next step.

Preds and sidsmom I think you're right!

On 3/4/2015 reese2 said:

newziesuzie, I just hid all posts from one of my Facebook friends this morning. I don't want to see anything posted by this person. I'm not saying it's all bad, but more often than not and that's not why I'm there. I stopped short of completely unfriending, but that's the next step.

Reese I think it's a smart move you took. All the negative activity can't be healthy for us.

There's a thread about using "Ignore" here for certain posters and I've never used it before but the thread got me thinking it might be a good thing to do.

There's a tipping point, tho. It expands the mind to hear other ideas/opinions, but more often than naught, once EMOTION is injected, it spirals out of control.

I enjoy a good conversation/debate on these boards from time to time, but emotion causes the tone to get ugly & unwarranted.

Just in this micro-mini world here @ the Q Community, I'm STUNNED some of these posters are so grotesquely mean. Just recently, an OP called some posters "illiterate" & "bullheaded". =:0 Another popular poster uses ugly emotion but they wrap it around "$5 words"...not quite so obvious, but just as mean.

It's a classic sign of insecurity....and not controlling emotion (like examples above) is definitely a weak link in their mindset.

Instead of "Ignoring" someone, I report posts as Inappropriate. Most times posts are removed soon after I report, so QVC Moderators should be applauded for their work to control the few.

Political partisanship has a lot to do with it. It sure does on this board.