{"id":644,"date":"2021-10-16T20:46:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T10:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/?p=644"},"modified":"2021-12-04T19:04:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T08:34:40","slug":"the-online-disinhibition-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/the-online-disinhibition-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"The Online Disinhibition Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My erudite colleague<\/strong>&nbsp;in Washington DC, Andrea Weckerle (pronounced, on good authority, as \u2018weck-err-lee\u2019), almost psychically taps into something that has been concerning me this week \u2014 the ability for what might ordinarily be wise, gentle and considerate souls to put fingers to keyboard before the brain has fully engaged and thence launch into invective and spit-hurling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her post,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150617155657\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/NewMillenniumPR?m=76\">The Online Disinhibition Effect<\/a>, The Divine Ms W points to psychologist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150617155657\/http:\/\/www.rider.edu\/suler\/psycyber\/suler.html\">John Suler<\/a>\u2019s \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150617155657\/http:\/\/www.rider.edu\/suler\/psycyber\/disinhibit.html\">Online Disinhibition Effect<\/a>\u2018. Says Ms A:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For those of us who have blogs and are heavily involved in social media, their benefits are easily recognizable. Their strength lies in their ability to invite and encourage communication or, as Susan Getgood&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150617155657\/http:\/\/getgood.typepad.com\/getgood_strategic_marketi\/2006\/05\/its_not_about_b.html\">writes<\/a>,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe reason blogs have traction is that they deliver on the promise of the World Wide Web. Everybody *can* be a publisher. That completely changes the equation \u2014 the \u2018printing press\u2019 is no longer scarce, limited to those with deep pockets.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2026[snip]\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suler then outlines several factors in detail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You Don\u2019t Know Me (dissociative anonymity)<\/li><li>You Can\u2019t See Me (invisibility)<\/li><li>See You Later (asynchronicity)<\/li><li>It\u2019s All in My Head (solipsistic introjection)<\/li><li>It\u2019s Just a Game (dissociative imagination)<\/li><li>We\u2019re Equals (Minimizing Authority)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150617155657\/http:\/\/www.rider.edu\/suler\/psycyber\/disinhibit.html\">Suler\u2019s article<\/a>&nbsp;certainly sheds light on the inappropriate behavior occasionally seen online and is therefore well worth the read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><ins><ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So to are the comments, especially from my favourite Torontorian,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150617155657\/http:\/\/trafcom.typepad.com\/blog\/\">The Divine Ms P<\/a>, who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150617155657\/http:\/\/trafcom.typepad.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/danger_lurks_in.html\">reports on a study<\/a>&nbsp;from a little while back that suggests egocentrism lies at the heart of nasty emails; I can personally report that egocentrism may also lie at the heart of some blog comments and posts\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if you are new to the blogosphere and wondering if we are all an incestuous lot, reading and citing each other\u2019s blogs, then the answer is \u2018yes\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have developed a community of like-minded souls, all passionate about the ability of words and images and human interaction to further business activity and success. We read each other and cite each other because we respect each other\u2019s work, ideas, experiences and point of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does this lead to \u2018Group Think\u2019? Potentially, but we are disparate enough both geographically and culturally, as well as experientially, to be able to politely and respectfully \u2018agree to disagree\u2019 on issues. When we\u00a0<em>do<\/em>\u00a0agree (which is about 99.9% of the time), it is because we have come to the same point of view through different paths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Come join the conversation. But please do it politely and respectfully\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My erudite colleague&nbsp;in Washington DC, Andrea Weckerle (pronounced, on good authority, as \u2018weck-err-lee\u2019), almost psychically taps into something that has been concerning me this week \u2014 the ability for what might ordinarily be wise, gentle and considerate souls to put fingers to keyboard before the brain has fully engaged and thence launch into invective and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-writing","category-nonverbal-communication"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Online Disinhibition Effect - 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