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How do I stop Internet shaming?
How can we avoid public shaming today? Here’s a good start:
- Be aware of your surroundings.
- Be self-aware of your actions.
- Anger is temporary, online is forever. If you find yourself getting steamed, walk away.
- Have zero expectancy of privacy — wherever you are.
- Treat people the way want to be treated, always.
What are the consequences of online shaming?
Online shaming can lead to harsh consequences for the poster, the person being shamed, and others. Some of the serious consequences associated with online shaming include:
- Ruining reputations and careers;
- Causing severe psychological damage;
- Being targeted or shamed yourself; and.
- Civil and criminal lawsuits.
How does social media deal with body shaming?
Cut out the people, even if they are close friends, who directly or indirectly support the poisonous culture of body shaming. No one likes being ignored, and often the best way to deal with body-shamers is to pretend they don’t exist. In other words, don’t feed the trolls. Bullies only bully to garner a response.
What’s the best way to deal with shame?
Getting beyond shame means acknowledging it and sharing our experiences with the trusted people in our lives, the ones who know we aren’t perfect and love us anyway. Their empathy will allow us to keep our sense of shame in perspective, as well as help us come up with strategies for dealing with it.
Is there such a thing as online shaming?
While shaming is nothing new, the technology used for modern shaming is new and evolving, making it a revealing lens through which to analyze points of analytical friction within and between traditional conceptions of privacy.
How to stop the cycle of public shaming?
Stopping the cycle of tearing one another down through public shaming requires drawing attention to shame as mean and counterproductive. It demands prolonged training in managing emotional reactivity, while trying to see another’s viewpoint, and fighting to connect through genuine curiosity.
How are online shaming pits people against each other?
There are culture wars all over the internet today, but unlike pillory and stock where the moral rules of village society were explicit and agreed upon, the World Wide Web is a place where groups who bond through shared interests, race, lifestyles, beliefs, etc. find each other, and decide their own standards for shaming.