How masks explain the psychology behind online harassment

aeon.co

How masks explain the psychology behind online harassment

aeon.co

InevitableList@beehaw.org to

Technology@beehaw.org · 3 months ago

How masks explain the psychology behind online harassment | Aeon Essays

aeon.co

Every human culture has used masks for ritual disinhibition, shaming and play. Is being online the ultimate masquerade?

You must log in or register to comment.

Chat

Technology@beehaw.org

technology@beehaw.org

Create a post

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !technology@beehaw.org

A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

This community’s icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

192 users / day
876 users / week
2.54K users / month
4.23K users / 6 months
2 local subscribers
40.7K subscribers
458 Posts
3.56K Comments
Modlog