The internet has become a place of multi-dimensional reality in some ways. We can explore more than ever imagined now and use this as a sense of travel and wonder. Yet, there are speculations that it is an unsafe environment and needs to be more controlled. Reading through Time magazine they have given an article about internet "Trolls" and how abusive they can be. Does this stand true, though? Information provided in their article substantiates their claim, but is their proof that this abuse is far less than what their opinionated view states?
Many claims have been made throughout this piece and all seem to be one-sided. They do give a small sliver of questioning. I am not sure that this gives enough information to not sway your judgment on the matter. Joel Stein states early on in this piece that "the internet was once a geek with lofty ideals" (Stein,27). His claim is now "it has become a sociopath with Asperger's. Eager to help with technical details, but also will try to goad you into killing yourself" (Stein, 27). This is in sense giving life to the web. It is in fact not the web doing these malicious things, but people.
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Stein's interview with Del Harvey gives insight to how her trolling is helping. "Del Harvey stated 'Categorically to say that all content you don't like receiving is harassment would be such a broad brush it wouldn't leave us much content.' Harvey is not her real name, which she gave up long ago when she became a professional troll, posing as underage girls ( and occasionally boys) to entrap pedophiles as an administrator for the website Perverted-Justice and later for NBC's To Catch a Predator" (Stein, 31). This a great way to get bad people off the street and facing justice for their bad deeds, but this is really the only thing this article gives to go against all the
Many claims have been made throughout this piece and all seem to be one-sided. They do give a small sliver of questioning. I am not sure that this gives enough information to not sway your judgment on the matter. Joel Stein states early on in this piece that "the internet was once a geek with lofty ideals" (Stein,27). His claim is now "it has become a sociopath with Asperger's. Eager to help with technical details, but also will try to goad you into killing yourself" (Stein, 27). This is in sense giving life to the web. It is in fact not the web doing these malicious things, but people.
In a society where everything we do is scrutinized, the internet is a way of freedom. We …show more content…
Stein's interview with Del Harvey gives insight to how her trolling is helping. "Del Harvey stated 'Categorically to say that all content you don't like receiving is harassment would be such a broad brush it wouldn't leave us much content.' Harvey is not her real name, which she gave up long ago when she became a professional troll, posing as underage girls ( and occasionally boys) to entrap pedophiles as an administrator for the website Perverted-Justice and later for NBC's To Catch a Predator" (Stein, 31). This a great way to get bad people off the street and facing justice for their bad deeds, but this is really the only thing this article gives to go against all the