YouTube Reaches 1 Trillion Racist Comments - 42 views

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  #3 Sarah Asch on 01 Apr 13

   

  This article is certainly funny, but even besides the humor I agree with Julia. People say things online that they would never say in person because clicking a button and sending words out into cyberspace without being able to see the receivers face is easy to do without thinking. The poor grammar and spelling makes some of the comments easy to dismiss as immature or uneducated (which is the focus of the "your grammar sucks" videos which are also on youtube and make fun of others comments), but that doesn't make them not hurtful. We also have to be careful when we judge how offensive a comment is when it doesn't target us personally, which takes us back to the Slang Dictionary and Cassie's article.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article is certainly funny, but even besides the humor I agree with Julia. People say things online that they would never say in person because clicking a button and sending words out into cyberspace without being able to see the receivers face is easy to do without thinking. The poor grammar and spelling makes some of the comments easy to dismiss as immature or uneducated (which is the focus of the "your grammar sucks" videos which are also on youtube and make fun of others comments), but that doesn't make them not hurtful. We also have to be careful when we judge how offensive a comment is when it doesn't target us personally, which takes us back to the Slang Dictionary and Cassie's article.</div>

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  #4 Dom Quaranta on 02 Apr 13

   

  I think with sites such as YouTube, the anonymity definetely gives some people this false sense of courage and the "power" to not only speak their mind, but also have no problem with putting people down in the process. It is inevitable that racism and prejudice comments are going to exist on these sites just for the simple fact that people believe they can just get away with them.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I think with sites such as YouTube, the anonymity definetely gives some people this false sense of courage and the "power" to not only speak their mind, but also have no problem with putting people down in the process. It is inevitable that racism and prejudice comments are going to exist on these sites just for the simple fact that people believe they can just get away with them.</div>

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  #6 Jackie O'Boyle on 02 Apr 13

   

  I think when behind a screen with a username people feel much more comfortable to speak there mind and say what they want to say without a filter. Even when on facebook with real full names people still comment and do things they wouldn't in person. Like comment on peoples photos that they don't even know and saying "your so pretty!!!" I think that all of those nice comments are okay but in person things like that never happen. In the case of youtube and having a screen name no body knows who you are which gives people more confidence and security to say things they want to say which might even be mean and hurtful.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I think when behind a screen with a username people feel much more comfortable to speak there mind and say what they want to say without a filter. Even when on facebook with real full names people still comment and do things they wouldn't in person. Like comment on peoples photos that they don't even know and saying "your so pretty!!!" I think that all of those nice comments are okay but in person things like that never happen. In the case of youtube and having a screen name no body knows who you are which gives people more confidence and security to say things they want to say which might even be mean and hurtful.</div>

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