Q4 Clue 605 Cancel culture
D-style
Social media provides a platform on which you easily can express your anger. Immediate results and instant rewards. Plus in this medium, a message can quickly go viral, others catch on, and you have a snowball effect.
I-style
Cancel culture enhances the social status and strengthens social bonds. It is therefore relatively easy for those who are sensitive to it, who strive for fame, more followers, etc., to join in. Look at me, I am important, my opinion matters.
S-style
It is relatively safe, from behind your keyboard—one of the many that make you disappear into the masses. Comradeship also plays a role and transcends short-sightedness. You have to ‘participate’ because if you don’t, you are not loyal.
C-style
Right or wrong, sincere or not, proven or not, an opinion of a narcissist or an adolescent? It no longer seems to matter. The reason, tolerance, discussion are no longer relevant. But it can be very harmful. With real consequences…
