JKR's new book is being spammed with 1 star ratings on Goodreads

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[–]Sittingonarainbow 34 insightful - 2 fun34 insightful - 1 fun35 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I just saw that the top comment is a one star review saying if you read the book, he will unfriend you as you are a hateful transphobe. The comment had over a hundred of (that I saw) supportive comments.

I am absolutely terrified of the close-minded, self-righteousness of these young people. We are in for some illiberal bad times.

Young people

[–]blackrainbow 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That's in part social networks' fault. People live in a bubble and even a little disagreement could be unbearable. It happens here on GC too.

[–]missdaisycan 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Social media is but a tool. The responsibility lies totally on the individual (and parents, if a minor). People make decisions. If someone is "influenced" or "brain washed", that person was open to let it happen. We've seen cults before. It's sad, but not necessarily irreversible. Why has society allowed the abdication of personal responsibility? Why are there so many super special snowflakes in our faces?

[–]BEB 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think it's because people are having fewer kids at an older age, so each kid is EVER SO special.

As opposed to like when I was young and many families had 4+ kids, or my grandmother's time when families had 10+ kids, so if they lost a few kids along the way it wasn't such a big deal. I'm only partially kidding.

[–]blackrainbow 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes but it is easier with social networks. Every time you log they feed you posts and articles that confirm your point of view creating an echo chamber. I mean, it's their business model, you have to become addicted to it.

If you don't want to listen a different opinion, you simply tell the SN to stop showing it. At the end of the day, you could be very vulnerable to other people's opinions because so far, you ignored them and you cannot cope with them anymore.

A noticed that a lot on Twitter, people block other people so frequently that it is really easy to become brainwashed. This happens within every faction.