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1. minimaxir · 1790439174 · focus · HN ↗

   Viral clip in question: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tiktok.com&#x2F;@espnatbat&#x2F;video&#x2F;7688719334973230366" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tiktok.com&#x2F;@espnatbat&#x2F;video&#x2F;7688719334973230366

   Article is about the impact of social media pile-ons (and has been getting praise within tech) so it is within scope for HN.

   1. dualvariable · 1790445281 · focus · HN ↗

      I started to notice a bit over a decade ago (about the same time as Cersei&#x27;s walk of shame on GoT) that millennials as a generation were piling into naming and shaming people publicly as blindly appropriate punishment, without any consideration of what could go wrong and considering it their right and entitlement to do that. Any time a public figure gets into any kind of trouble, people demand to know all the details so they can satisfy their need to express outrage. It really is not healthy. Even if another person who was harmed comes out to express that they are satisfied with the outcome and the process that was followed, the crowd still wants to know all the details so they can feel angry.

      1. pjc50 · 1790449009 · focus · HN ↗

         I&#x27;m not sure this is unique to that generation. Tabloids have always been like that. It&#x27;s just been &quot;democratized&quot; so anyone can start it.

         Also I note that a lot of &quot;legacy&quot; pretexts for shaming are off the table. It&#x27;s not done to shame people simply for being gay; that&#x27;s now acceptable even in Conservative circles. So perhaps the total shame has just been redistributed, somewhat arbitrarily.

         (And another thing: this has evolved shame resistant politicians just like antibiotic overuse evolved MRSA)

         1. throwaway2037 · 1790503832 · focus · HN ↗

            Yeah, the same happened on Facebook, long before smartphones were normal for everyone.

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