Thursday, September 25, 2008
Interesting /b/sides from the internets
Internet is a very diverse (cyber)space, there is room for everyone and websites are created everyday to satisfy the interest and desires of unimaginable kind of people, and now also to create new ones -interests, desires, people.Lately, I've realized internet is not just something you "enjoy visiting" like a stranger, rather it has transfigured more of something you own; you constitute, as a part; or which constitute you. Examples of the first case are the e-mails, of the second the "internet communities" of various kinds; and in the last case, the growing importance of the internet for everyday life.One interesting page I found which is a good example of what I just stated is 4chan -www.4chan.org -. It is a bizarre phenomenon. It is based on a very simple format, which is called "image board". It consists on a message list where people can enter texts and -as its name says- images. What is interesting about it is that people is forced not to identify themselves as they post, so what is stated there hasn't got an "author", so there isn't a responsible for what is posted. Also, there is not a moderator, because of that, the website is room for political incorrectness, hackers, and a long list of etceteras. Also, the massive population which constitutes the community, or the communities in it has the power to take over internet polls, and to influence “real” life.
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PS: Warning: Check the website on your responsibility, "what's seen cannot be unseen".
Also, is not that i enjoy viewing the site, but i think it is interesting... as a social phenomena(...) yes as a social phenomena.
I like your idea that the internet, in a way, constitutes us. Interconnectivity has always been important to humans, and the internet is just a more massive, fluid, and rapid avenue for such interconnectivity.
What role does anonymity play in this? Aside from the obvious affect--that people feel free to write or show whatever--how does the lack of moderation and stated authorship at 4chan influence its users in "real life" interactions?
Anonimity plays a central role, because it is impossible for anyone to know how many people are posting and/or watching, I heard the Anon, the personal name of the collective entity, different and independent from each poster has interfered internet polls via massive single posts with an organized opinion. Anonymity in these cases goes beyond the mass mechanisms of control and vigilance of isolated individuals.
Also, it makes it possible the comunication between masses in a more active and empowered way, at least more than being the spectatoros of TV shows, readers of the news, listener of pop music. The referent of messages doesn't have an editorial committee.
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