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Comment Section and Human Nature

Title (Dublin Core)

Comment Section and Human Nature

Description (Dublin Core)

I'm a member of several community (some smaller, some wider) Facebook groups. I am not overly active, especially when discussion occur that get heated. In this screenshot, someone asked if anyone actually knew anyone with Covid-19, as opposed to just a friend of a friend. Within this particular group, there is a large contingent of people that refer to the pandemic as "plandemic" and sincerely believe that the government, or the left, or whatever, are using this pandemic to further control the public and ruin the economy. Many of the respondents to this question (over 200 at the time I took this screenshot) emphasized that they knew of no one, and it was being blown out of proportion. I found this particular interaction in the comments interesting, however, because the first person that, in all caps, stated that it was a sham, immediately offered condolences to the person who's friend almost died. It reminded me that people will say- or yell in caps- in social media and get all worked up, but they can be kind. I don't know if this person changed their mind about it being a sham after "hearing" about a near death, but it shows how crazy comment sections can be.

Date (Dublin Core)

May 9, 2020

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Erin Craft

Type (Dublin Core)

screenshot of Facebook post

Source (Dublin Core)

Facebook

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

Social Media (including Memes)
Community
English Social Media (including Memes)
English Community & Community Organizations
English Pandemic Skeptics
English Politics

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

plandemic
facebook
comment sections
facebook groups

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Erin Craft Biography Sheet

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

05/11/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

05/11/2020
12/17/2020
06/20/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/09/2020

Accrual Method (Dublin Core)

3875

Item sets

Covid 19

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