http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/11/03/angry.internet/index.html
It has clearly been stated in our Computer Information Systems class that Web 2.0 tools need to be used correctly to achieve their full potential. The internet and Web 2.0 tools are breeding grounds for misuse and vandalism. Some people feel that it is because the anonymity the Internet provides – come on – what kind of retaliation could be used especially when web users use a Jane/John Doe – the people that usually get hurt by web postings are not the actual posters. The people that are severely impacted are the ones that the post is actually about. Prior to the internet – you were accountable for your words and actions – web postings still have repurcussions today – just usually not for the people posting them. There have been a number of postings that have seriously impacted lives of human beings – from murder and suicide to divorce and various other rumors in classrooms… Just some food for thought… “Whether the problem will get control of us, or we will get control of the problem, is in the way we face up to it, he says. Anger, he says, is rolled up with anxiety and fear, and nothing creates more fear like a lack of understanding.” – psychiatrist Dr. Terry Eagan…
