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"People have always been inclined to join mobs - most people have at least one story to tell about a time that they got swept up in or had to face a crowd demanding justice for one thing or another (both of my experiences were in college). The Internet has proven to be a frighteningly efficient tool to create virtual mobs." - Ozgur Uckan

"I'm going to pick on FriendFeed in this post because I believe it is the nearest thing to Shangri-La for mob justice enthusiasts." - Ozgur Uckan

"FriendFeed today is like Syphilis in 1495. It will be forced to evolve to something less dangerous or it'll destroy itself." - Ozgur Uckan

Ben bir de şuna takıldım Özgür... ''A lot of us, me included, will look back at today as a time of freedom on the Internet. But the system is breaking under it’s own weight. It is not sustainable.'' diye bitirmiş makalesini - Herr 5 Postasson

sırf bu makaleyi yazdı diye adamı bunun için gene linç ettiler. çok komikti. - D. Eda Goze

aahah evet okudum. Biz yazdıklarımızı İngilizceye çevirip yayınlasak demek kafamıza sıkacaklar... - Herr 5 Postasson

I think it has a lot to do with people not balancing enough between 'in person' and 'on line'. The semblance of protection behind a computer screen can easily evolve into a bubble - so that we forget that we are talking to real people. Very often I have received comments which I know that person would not say to my face. I think it's all part of us training up in the use of new media. - sofiagk

damn - you guys updated in Turkish before I could hit 'Post' - sorry to butt-in in English. :-) - sofiagk

@Ex Instance :-) well, all I am saying is that humanity is not socially accustomed to dealing with people from a distance - so rules and beliefs like for example 'you don't say to anyone "i hope you die" to their face' somehow evaporate when we are behind a computer. We are under the impression we speak to an avatar I guess. I don't think this will go on forever, I think more exposure to this distributed and deterritorialised way of communication will set new rules and ethics. - sofiagk

I follow Ozgur and I really feel like i'm missing something when i see the long discussions you guys/gals have under his posts. I do mind! Do tell! :-) - sofiagk

well, what happened was this http://ff.im/5HTkH. I also agree that people tend to say things online that they would never say in real life. They forget that they're talking to other people. They become macho and ruthless. it's basically "agree with me or i'll burn you on a stick" type of thing. (also, google has a turkish to english translator that can help you when you wonder what we're talking about :)) - D. Eda Goze

@Deniz hey thanks for the link - @Ex Instance your note makes more sense now. @Deniz hmmm... passionate debates online (which can be positive) can quickly descend into chaos. This always reminds me of Godwin's law: "It states: "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - sofiagk