tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878441230093247945.post5974240106040696984..comments2024-02-15T01:23:10.272-08:00Comments on Staring Out the Window: Social Networks: A Question of ResponsibilityKelly Stone Gamblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05580080443113053144noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878441230093247945.post-84185086816532080792011-08-10T10:10:30.365-07:002011-08-10T10:10:30.365-07:00Good to hear about the Twitter response. Nice to k...Good to hear about the Twitter response. Nice to know that there are people out there who are willing to take someone seriously enough. The issue of course becomes false reports, and how to determine whether someone is just blowing off steam.<br /><br />With regard to the second example you mentioned, there's actually a psychological phenomenon - the bystander effect - that demonstrates this; the most well-known example probably being the Kitty Genovese murder. She was killed on the steps of her apartment building and of the 38 neighbors that heard her cries for help, not one of them called the police or went to check on her... It's really sad.<br /><br />Is this part of the human condition? Ignoring fellow humans who cry out for help or threaten to harm others? Was that the difference in these cases, as the person who threatened harm to others was the one responded to, as opposed to the woman who threatened only herself?<br /><br />I think that it's important to always be available to help others if we can. Great post, Kelly.Natalie Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552563728646639967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878441230093247945.post-81287873227278096282011-08-10T03:16:56.492-07:002011-08-10T03:16:56.492-07:00And this is the dichotomy of Facebook and social n...And this is the dichotomy of Facebook and social networking. In some ways it does connect people - in other ways it just allows people to peek into other people's lives. It's another technology that offers opportunities for the positive but it is also another technology that has to be managed because it can be not so good. As the previous poster said, a "double-edged sword."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878441230093247945.post-79153762802916143302011-08-08T18:39:56.918-07:002011-08-08T18:39:56.918-07:00This is a great post. Social networking has made o...This is a great post. Social networking has made our world small. I have several long-time friends I've never met who are very much real and very much a part of my life. Just as it has broken barriers of boundaries of nations and cultures, it has also made duplicitous behavior even easier. The double-edged sword routine. We, therefore, have a responsibility to ourselves to keep our eyes wide open and remain a bit skeptical for own protection. We also should respond when we see postings that require us to do so morally if it occurred in the lives of our non-electronic friends. Yes there may be drama makers out there and yes by responding we give them their fix, but what if the suicide threat is real? I say respond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878441230093247945.post-11489925573674267182011-08-08T18:34:36.283-07:002011-08-08T18:34:36.283-07:00I would call 911 ... doesn't hurt to try.
Suzi...I would call 911 ... doesn't hurt to try.<br />SuziAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878441230093247945.post-60150157321230107252011-08-08T18:04:35.740-07:002011-08-08T18:04:35.740-07:00Back in the early days of MMORPGs, I used to play ...Back in the early days of MMORPGs, I used to play a game called "Modus Operandi." It was a text-based mystery game set on an island. While playing, I hung out with a character named "Gabriel Perchance." One night, he/she/it went "into labor" and I hastened to help, offering to go offline (dial-up days) and call for help if she/he/it would only give me a phone number and real-life location. He/she/it abruptly logged off and I never "saw" her/him/it again. Was there a baby? Who knows.rwwgreenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07256634291144393792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878441230093247945.post-60193723210873938412011-08-08T15:47:27.468-07:002011-08-08T15:47:27.468-07:00Not sure about this, Kellinator. I don't twee...Not sure about this, Kellinator. I don't tweet (or shave my back) but I had to put up a FB thing 3 years ago for publicity. I'd think it is a moral responsibility to report someone posting something about suicide. I sure hope it is a moral responsibility ... but inevitably they'll be some lunatic (or clever MF'er) posting nonsense for the sake of a diversion. It would always be a judgment call, I guess.<br />- CharlieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com