BW326 Loc: Boynton Beach, Florida

I saw this article popping up on several news sources yesterday and was kind of waiting to see if anyone would post about it.
The jist of the article is about how nasty comments tend to have a polarizing effect on any content under discussion. Not only are the effects polarizing but they tend to leave the readers with more negative perspectives about the content of the discussion "even if the content was totally fictitious or neutral in the first place".

Interesting reading. If you are predisposed to not trusting this particular news source you can google "nasty effect" and find it on others.

http://www.npr.org/2013/03/11/174027294/the-nasty-effect-how-comments-color-comprehension

Godthaab

What a great article! There seem to be lots of people on this site that need to read this.

Pierre H.J. Dumais Loc: Mississippi Mills, Ont.

This is a good read.


Pierre

Penny MG Loc: Fresno, Texas

Good article! THanks for sharing.

TrainNut Loc: Ridin' the rails

Great article. Some people don't realize that a civil answer gets their point across much better than calling name and insults.