The problem with social media is that it enables bad behaviors formerly limited to crowds, mobs, parliaments, etc.<p>Gustav Le Bon's book "The Crowd" explains the source of internet misbehaviors (and worse). The context may be, say, the French Revolution, but the behavior is the same.<p>Thanks to improved communications people can exhibit some of these behaviors w/o taking a single step.<p>The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind : Gustave Le Bon
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