New Study says...hey what kind of name is Santana anyways?

[Jangler]

http://www.nj.com/education/2014/01/anonymous_commenters_lead_to_more_uncivil_comments_on_newspaper_sites_study_finds.html

 

Arthur Santana, an assistant professor at the University of Houston, studied the tone of thousands of online comments posted on sites that allow either anonymous user names or non-anonymous commenters.

His study -- titled “Virtuous or Vitriolic: The Effect of Anonymity on Civility in Online Newspaper Reader Comment Boards” — concluded 53 percent of anonymous comments included language that was vulgar, racist, profane or hateful. By comparison, about 29 percent of comments on sites that require commenters to use their names were deemed uncivil.

“One of the benefits of online anonymity is that it allows people to express their views, uninhibited, especially if it is an unpopular opinion,” Santana said. “It’s when commenting descends into hateful language, threats or racism that the conversation breaks down and any benefits of constructive dialogue goes away.”

 

 

[PanthaSan]

Oh man, Jangler.

 

I was hoping to hear some guitar music.

[Jangler]

in the spirit of the study, how about some Derek Trucks?

 

 

 

[Mr. Scot]

People are bigger douchebags when they can hide behind their keyboards?

 

Shocking :unsure:

 

(oh, and screw you Jangler)

[Jangler]

How about you keep your know it all attitudes to football!

[Mr. Scot]

How about you keep your know it all attitudes to football!

 

Because I'm behind this keyboard -_-

 

(or am I technically in front of it? aaaahhh, screw it)

 

[Crixtala]

in the spirit of the study, how about some Derek Trucks?

 

 

This guy... thinks he's bigger than ABB. lulz

 

At least Warrens side projects are good.

[Anybodyhome]

Will the real Santana please stand up?

 

[Hotsauce]

This is news?

[SCP]

I, for one, don't talk about pooping as much in real life as I do on the internets. Put that in your survey and smoke it, Santana,