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I don't know what you really mean by "cancelling", but I think it's totally fine (and even good) to talk about the flaws in stuff.

hk__2 1mo ago
It’s totally fine to talk privately with someone. Public shaming tend to have very negative effects.
ordu 1mo ago
> I don't know what you really mean by "cancelling" It surprises me, that you don't know. But if you wanted to know you'd ask LLM, not me, right? So I'd rather spare myself from explaining it. > I think it's totally fine (and even good) to talk about the flaws in stuff. To talk about the flaws and public shame are different thing, don't you think?
- j_maffe 1mo ago
  > So I'd rather spare myself from explaining it. Being snarky doesn't really help your position.
  - ordu 1mo ago
    > Being snarky doesn't really help your position. Pity. I laid great hopes on that particular phrase.
eks391 1mo ago
To cancel someone was really popular for a couple years starting just after covid. There's probably a better definition somewhere, but basically it is when a collective of like-minded people decide to publicly shame a person until they are too embarrassed to have an online presence, or even worse, until companies are pressured to not employ the person. It was like unofficial unions against someone existing. It stopped after enough people were cancelled that they were no longer powerless together. Then people who hate others had to evolve into different ways to be disrespectful because this method stopped working, which is why you don't see cancelling anymore
- carlosjobim 1mo ago
  I would say that "cancelling" is mostly organized groups of people publicly shaming and harassing third parties to get to their victim. So like demanding that his employer fires him, demanding that any sponsors cancel their contracts, showing up with a mob outside their home to kill their family, demanding that they get removed from platforms like YouTube or Facebook.
- Planktonne 1mo ago
  This is a bizarrely twisted narrative that does not conform to reality.

hk__2 1mo ago

It’s totally fine to talk privately with someone. Public shaming tend to have very negative effects.

ordu 1mo ago

> I don't know what you really mean by "cancelling" It surprises me, that you don't know. But if you wanted to know you'd ask LLM, not me, right? So I'd rather spare myself from explaining it. > I think it's totally fine (and even good) to talk about the flaws in stuff. To talk about the flaws and public shame are different thing, don't you think?

j_maffe 1mo ago
> So I'd rather spare myself from explaining it. Being snarky doesn't really help your position.
- ordu 1mo ago
  > Being snarky doesn't really help your position. Pity. I laid great hopes on that particular phrase.

eks391 1mo ago

To cancel someone was really popular for a couple years starting just after covid. There's probably a better definition somewhere, but basically it is when a collective of like-minded people decide to publicly shame a person until they are too embarrassed to have an online presence, or even worse, until companies are pressured to not employ the person. It was like unofficial unions against someone existing. It stopped after enough people were cancelled that they were no longer powerless together. Then people who hate others had to evolve into different ways to be disrespectful because this method stopped working, which is why you don't see cancelling anymore

carlosjobim 1mo ago
I would say that "cancelling" is mostly organized groups of people publicly shaming and harassing third parties to get to their victim. So like demanding that his employer fires him, demanding that any sponsors cancel their contracts, showing up with a mob outside their home to kill their family, demanding that they get removed from platforms like YouTube or Facebook.
Planktonne 1mo ago
This is a bizarrely twisted narrative that does not conform to reality.