bullying

@AvrisIT on Twitter:

the world would be so beautiful if the “i'm not an expert, but…” folks just shut up and let the experts talk.

just this week i saw: a translator schooled about the language, a programmer about software engineering, and the gay community about discrimination.

just.
shut.
up.

I used to think that the biggest advantage of the Internet compared to the old-fashioned media is that the communication doesn't just go one way. It's not just a few people broadcasting to everyone, but instead it's everyone having an equal voice.

But having spent years on the Internet has taught me something more: most of those “equal voices” are stupid and spiteful. And that's I don't have to listen to all of them.

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