Have you ever noticed that folks will say just about anything online, but in public they generally don't. Why do you think this is? Well, there are several reasons, but often an individual does not wish to say anything in public that might be offensive because they do not wish to lose friends. But when they get online many of these same folks hide behind a screen name and under the disguise of anonymity.
So, that is the first reason that folks spout off their intense conflict creating opinions online. Of course, it goes much deeper than that. You see, bloggers also want to get traffic and they know that if they participate in the sound and fury, that they will attract interest to their blog.
This is a similar strategy that is used by the mainstream media, where newspapers create chaos and controversy, with alarming headlines to increase listenership, viewership or readership. It turns out this strategy works very well for bloggers and when they see their blogs increase in popularity, they continue to do the same.
As their blogs dwindle in subscribers, sometimes rather than re-adjust their content and mellow out, they increase the conflict in their blog posts until they are really out of control from a societal standpoint. In this case it is a very good thing they publish under anonymity as they could easily be sued or find that someone in the real world is seeking them out to cause bodily harm.
Bloggers have also been known to start rumors, gossip and political attacks on opponents as well. If you take a look-see at what is going on in the Blogosphere it is rather alarming to consider that there are actual real people hiding behind such damning words. Something to think about indeed.
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