This will never happen, but I wish people would be more understanding and kinder to each other. Apparently the golden rule is non existent on the internet

I now view social media with an ethical perspective in the sense that I am now more aware of specific things that I otherwise wouldn't have before. This class has reinforced my views more or less and made me look at social media from different perspectives.

There was this Kpop idol that wore a vintage t-shirt with a anti-Semitic symbol on it and posted a picture with it. Their fanbase would shame that person in the comments and the person did end up apologizing but felt kind of half assed and said they wanted "to move forward". I think it takes more than just an apology when representing something so harmful instead of just sending out an apology just to please the public.

I feel like the most important factor to consider when making an instance of public shaming bad is how badly was the mistake that person made. There are some instances where public shaming has gone too far in relation to the action and vise versa.

I think the justification of crowd harassment can be situational. The most recent example off the top of my head was when the queen of England died and people in the comments would make jokes and have a lack of sympathy for the royals. In this context, I also feel less sympathy due to thee money and power that the royals hold, as well as scandals like the queen crown having stolen jewels from India, and well colonialism.

I don't think that crowd harassment can ever be justified as it can lead to a situation getting worse, but I do understand why it is done in some contexts. Usually from what I see, if someone is getting harassed by say the comments then that person (usually a celebrity) has done something morally wrong.

I think that it is a social media company's responsibility to keep track and deal with users that violate community guidelines. By having bots and content moderators that are able to quickly react and suppress online harassment, cyberbullying, and abuse creates a friendlier community/social media site.

I have self-reported car accidents on a gps app called Waze. The app allows its users to report accidents to update other drivers in real time.

Wikipedia only means good by providing free information that allows people to contribute their knowledge but of course, vandalism cannot be avoided with the way the platform is set up. I know that they have bots set up and policies to try and combat this, but it's hard to avoid

Yes, I have reported comments for saying racist things and even bots. Furthermore, I have reported multiple accounts that are pretending to be some of my friends that got a new account and would dm me and try and get me to click on a link.

Going back to authenticity, people sometimes feel like they can only be their true self online, and those communities might allow them to feel safe and talk about things they wouldn't feel comfortable with in real life. For example, someone who doesn't feel comfortable coming out to friends and family around them might find comfort in an online lgbtq+ community where they can be their true self.

This is an example of how social media can be toxic because people compare themselves with what they see online. However, people only post their best, edited, perfected photos of themselves which can create self-image problems for users.

I have participated in helping content go viral just by interacting with it like reposting, commenting, liking, sharing, etc. It's crazy that you can really help kickstart a post or video go viral by literally just seeing it and adding to the views or simply liking it.

An example of this is on snapchat where the app will let you know of "memories", or snapchats that you took a year ago as each year going by(2 years ago, 3 years ago, etc.). I find this is the only real function that I use snapchat for because of the nostalgic/memory factor, but sometimes it will bring up regretful or cringy memories from years ago.

This has happened to me before and it low-key freaks me out because it almost feels like my phone is listening to me and a violation of my privacy. It feels especially weird when the app doesn't have an audio feature that I enabled.

This is interesting because it's not something I really thought about before but disabled people should design things because they know best how to improve/make something more user friendly for them. It's sad that even if they participate in the design that they aren't considered real designers, probably because of stigmas or profiling.

I feel like I take my accessibility of things for granted and cannot relate to people who feel like they have to mask to "fit in", and I could see how that could be a big toll on their mental health. As a society, we should normalize disabilities more so that everyone feels safer and doesn't have to change the way they do things.

I feel like this goes back to the topic of authenticity, and whether we the people can trust when a website says your comment will be "anonymous". There are so many gray areas within privacy guidelines which create confusion on what is true or not, and like my classmate(vanath3) commented on Deanonymizing Data: "What's the point?".

I feel like one of the many dangers of social media platforms and being on the internet in general is the fact that you can create a strong password to protect yourself but that may not be enough, especially if the same password is shared amongst other websites. I used to have the same passwords for multiple websites for the longest time until I realized that I should create different passwords for accounts and keep track of them in a password manager.

I'm not even surprised with how accurate Google knows me even if I didn't know what it was tracking. We put so much information about ourselves on the internet that it doesn't feel real. The amount of times I have uploaded my address online without second thought is mind boggling.

The concept of correlation vs causation has a very fine line as we can see with the candle example. Many people will confuse the two and it can lead to untrue assumptions and a spread of misinformation

Trolling can be funny in harmless settings such as the Banana slicer, but it can also be pushed too far and convince some people of things that aren't true. It can even create cyberbullying and embarrassment for people, especially when looking at the 4chan example that could potentially take advantage of people that believe the lie.

I feel like playing COD growing up was when I first discovered what trolling was. I would join lobbies with people 10 times better than me and would spawn kill me and would teabag over my dead body, and finally try and hit a tricks hot on me for the last kill.

This is a very natural behavior I feel, as I switch back and forth depending on who I'm talking to. I talk and act different when talking to my parents vs friends, or professors and strangers. I'm told often that I have a "customer service" voice that I switch to in situations like work.

Like previously mentioned, since we value authenticity so much as humans, the fact that the tweets aren't all from him negatively impacts my viewpoint on him then if he were to tweet it himself. It makes it feel like it's a bot and not actually what he wants to say, especially since we can see how he actually tweets with the emotional expression of anger.

I think the UI is one of the most important aspects to a social media site because it needs to appeal to all audiences and for ease of use. Especially nowadays, where everyone has a short attention span and want things quickly, the UI needs to be smooth and easy

As someone who is too young to have used 4chan, all I have heard was bad things from this website, especially hearing infamous stories like Chris Chan. And it feels even worse to hear that people think 4chan was too restricting and 8chan was born where the darker parts of the internet dwell.

I think that is just comes down to what Twitter defines as a bot because like the text says, sometimes its purely computer, human, or human and computer. However, as AI continues to improve, computer bots are mimicking human behaviors a lot better now which will make it even harder for platforms to control them.

There is this Italian guy on tik tok that makes food on there but people would comment that he isn't truly Italian to the point where he turned off comments in his videos and it created drama on his account. When consuming content like food videos, we have to wonder if calling someone out on where they are from is even worth it at that point, especially if they just make videos for entertainment and isn't doing any harm.

I think the first time I ever heard of bots was when people used one to buy a pair of shoes that would otherwise sell out immediately. I know people were able to use a bot to get Jordans or exclusive sneakers that they wouldn't be able to get on their own

When on instagram, I will go to a comment on a post and if it's a very large account there will always be a couple of bots promoting its users' onlyfans or instagram. They usually comment immediately after say world star, for example, posts. The replying comments are usually something like "damn these bots are fast"

It's not even surprising to hear that new tech have obvious ethical issues as the evolution of tech is more about how crazy it is than if it's even helpful or ethical. Things like deepfakes which have ethical problems and even chatgpt which can be abused come to my mind when I think of tech that could cause more harm than good

Confucianism has big family values which I think still align with asian cultures even today, without the sacrificing. Growing up asian, I have always been taught to respect my elders and there is a big emphasis on the elders/parents being sort of the end all authority that dictates your life.