Comments on: How To Stop The Online Snarkiness Syndrome http://www.ypulse.com/how-to-stop-the-snarkiness-syndrome Daily news and insight into the Millennial generation for media and marketing professionals Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: » Facebook groups: snarky or hospitable? | Djelloul Marbrook http://www.ypulse.com/how-to-stop-the-snarkiness-syndrome/comment-page-1#comment-77769 » Facebook groups: snarky or hospitable? | Djelloul Marbrook Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:02:13 +0000 http://www.ypulse.com/?p=9120#comment-77769 [...] a dose of life. If it’s snarky and mean, and it is on  occasion, so is life. But its beauty on Facebook is that it has no clothes. [...] [...] a dose of life. If it’s snarky and mean, and it is on  occasion, so is life. But its beauty on Facebook is that it has no clothes. [...]

]]> By: Amy Jussel http://www.ypulse.com/how-to-stop-the-snarkiness-syndrome/comment-page-1#comment-3968 Amy Jussel Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:54:41 +0000 http://www.ypulse.com/?p=9120#comment-3968 Great post, Liz, and I know I asked you about the 'bodysnarking' portion in our interview on Shaping Youth here: http://blog.shapingyouth.org/?p=5492 but I'm disheartened you were zapped by trolls and felt the all too familiar sting. I truly DO feel the level of nastiness is 'altering the conversation' as it's kept me dodging mainstream media, content to fly under the radar because frankly, I don't relish huge levels of negativity in my world. One of my favorite books of late is called "Choosing Civility" as I highly doubt that many with a public persona have NOT been impacted by viciousness veiled with anonymity. Bleh. Makes my head hurt with the bait and wait tactics of folks who love to 'be outrageous’ in hopes of an inflammatory response. I get this kind of trolling a lot... As for spelling/grammar issues, I disagree with #1, I do think it’s fair game, however it’s imperative to remind ourselves that self-righteousness can be a mistake in either direction, considering contributor #4 here has punctuation 'issues' whereas the thought process and clarity is a cogent contribution to the conversation… complete with oft-quoted Persius reference, "He conquers who endures." p.s. Liz, I'd love to read the article, could you leave the link for me via email? Great post, Liz, and I know I asked you about the ‘bodysnarking’ portion in our interview on Shaping Youth here: http://blog.shapingyouth.org/?p=5492
but I’m disheartened you were zapped by trolls and felt the all too familiar sting.

I truly DO feel the level of nastiness is ‘altering the conversation’ as it’s kept me dodging mainstream media, content to fly under the radar because frankly, I don’t relish huge levels of negativity in my world.

One of my favorite books of late is called “Choosing Civility” as I highly doubt that many with a public persona have NOT been impacted by viciousness veiled with anonymity.

Bleh. Makes my head hurt with the bait and wait tactics of folks who love to ‘be outrageous’ in hopes of an inflammatory response. I get this kind of trolling a lot…

As for spelling/grammar issues, I disagree with #1, I do think it’s fair game, however it’s imperative to remind ourselves that self-righteousness can be a mistake in either direction, considering contributor #4 here has punctuation ‘issues’ whereas the thought process and clarity is a cogent contribution to the conversation… complete with oft-quoted Persius reference, “He conquers who endures.”

p.s. Liz, I’d love to read the article, could you leave the link for me via email?

]]> By: ramamurthy ms http://www.ypulse.com/how-to-stop-the-snarkiness-syndrome/comment-page-1#comment-3870 ramamurthy ms Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:46:43 +0000 http://www.ypulse.com/?p=9120#comment-3870 my blogspot goes under the name of journomurthy.very true, you have raised some issues whih are most relevant for the media,old as well as new and new,new. am a journalist and have seen with anguish the gradual decline of editing standards, not because the editors know less but because they no longer choose to be faceless.so they dare not tango with high profile editors .In my early days, have met a few editors who could see through the intentions of a writer by sampling a sentence or two. conformism, as you know, makes one popular. The courage to swim against the tide is what makes an editor great. what is editing but to check the flow of words or expression within the permissible contours. online or offline, this is essential.keep up the good work, you know who will be the winner, the one who preseveres. my blogspot goes under the name of journomurthy.very true, you have raised some issues whih are most relevant for the media,old as well as new and new,new.
am a journalist and have seen with anguish the gradual decline of editing standards, not because the editors know less but because they no longer choose to be faceless.so they dare not tango with high profile editors .In my early days, have met a few editors who could see through the intentions of a writer by sampling a sentence or two. conformism, as you know, makes one popular. The courage to swim against the tide is what makes an editor great. what is editing but to check the flow of words or expression within the permissible contours. online or offline, this is essential.keep up the good work, you know who will be the winner, the one who preseveres.

]]> By: Kristen O http://www.ypulse.com/how-to-stop-the-snarkiness-syndrome/comment-page-1#comment-3860 Kristen O Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:35 +0000 http://www.ypulse.com/?p=9120#comment-3860 I'm beginning to think that online etiquette has much more to do with our instinctive relationships to celebrities and to public forums than it does to the problem of anonymity. Celebrities are just characters to us. When we "know" them through tabloid stories, we identify them as something they are not, and not denials are really going to make us believe otherwise. They're imaginary characters that we can praise or abuse at whim without needing to be carefully of their feelings. Similarly, when we enter a public forum online, these other people are just bit characters. They aren't like our friends or like us. They don't have feelings. Except they do. The problem is not just that we're anonymous but also that the other person is; we can only have a facsimile of a human connection, and this doesn't allow us to understand that the other person is not just a character. I’m beginning to think that online etiquette has much more to do with our instinctive relationships to celebrities and to public forums than it does to the problem of anonymity.

Celebrities are just characters to us. When we “know” them through tabloid stories, we identify them as something they are not, and not denials are really going to make us believe otherwise. They’re imaginary characters that we can praise or abuse at whim without needing to be carefully of their feelings.

Similarly, when we enter a public forum online, these other people are just bit characters. They aren’t like our friends or like us. They don’t have feelings.

Except they do. The problem is not just that we’re anonymous but also that the other person is; we can only have a facsimile of a human connection, and this doesn’t allow us to understand that the other person is not just a character.

]]> By: Helen http://www.ypulse.com/how-to-stop-the-snarkiness-syndrome/comment-page-1#comment-3857 Helen Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:44:23 +0000 http://www.ypulse.com/?p=9120#comment-3857 This is really interesting and accurate. I like the way comments can provoke debate on an issue, but nastiness is just boring and unnecessary. This is really interesting and accurate. I like the way comments can provoke debate on an issue, but nastiness is just boring and unnecessary.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.ypulse.com/how-to-stop-the-snarkiness-syndrome/comment-page-1#comment-3849 anonymous Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:22:00 +0000 http://www.ypulse.com/?p=9120#comment-3849 How about not replying to snarky comments with snarky responses critiquing the commenter's spelling. That only propagates the issue.. How about not replying to snarky comments with snarky responses critiquing the commenter’s spelling. That only propagates the issue..

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