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The conversation in class today trended toward the increased thoughtlessness that the internet seems to entice in people on the internet. Though, i believe, this is a time dilation of sorts that is created by the quantity of users who want to make comments. In years past there wasnt the community size that exist now and thus comments would come slower and in these years the internet has increased in user volume. Comments come faster and faster.

Rushkoff, makes the argument that the internet causes a feeling of haste in our lives and causes poor comments such as YouTube comments. I would counter this argument saying that its the surrounding ie the websites that cause poor commenting. YouTube has notoriously bad comments that are in poor taste, but when you look at what YouTube is a collection of mainly dumb videos of people hurting them selves and cats you get equivalently retarded comments. When you visit a more intellectuality based website such as a professional blog you tend to get much more thought our comments that address the blog post and have proper articulation of thoughts. In another spectrum you see comments on reddit, where there is a voting policy on comments, and a constant rise of more intelligent comments because they are more popular.

Anther interesting point was brought up in class that pertained to this topic and that was because comments seems to come faster and faster these days, that it becomes harder to comment due to face that the comments are filled up with crap or anything you wanted to say has been said. Which is true to and extent, but i dont think this is a down side to the internet at all. Having great comments such that you cant comment means that the piece is complete and is perfect in such a way that you cant comment. On the other hand its to be expected that some one who is like you read the article and commented similarly to your self and as Tyler Durden said "you are not a perfect and unique snow flake..." becomes more and more prevent as cultures become more intersecting due to the connectivity of the internet.