Shutting down that learning process with the full onslaught of public disapproval is, I think, the greatest damage done by the dogpiling enabled by link-spams. Especially when "the full onslaught of public disapproval" is as big as it is in most English-speaking fan communities *grimace*
But the reverse is also true: If you never feel just how many people you offended with your behaviour, you can always agree to disagree and never look at it again, which means you'd never know that it was not just your friend's opinion, but that of a whole group of people. I'm not saying a point is more valid the more people have it, I'm just saying that by not realising the cultural impact of a question, sometimes you miss a chance to learn just why it's a question of cultural impact.
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Date: 23 Jan 2011 02:34 pm (UTC)Especially when "the full onslaught of public disapproval" is as big as it is in most English-speaking fan communities *grimace*
But the reverse is also true: If you never feel just how many people you offended with your behaviour, you can always agree to disagree and never look at it again, which means you'd never know that it was not just your friend's opinion, but that of a whole group of people. I'm not saying a point is more valid the more people have it, I'm just saying that by not realising the cultural impact of a question, sometimes you miss a chance to learn just why it's a question of cultural impact.