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Harmful Effects of Online Comments on Self-Perception
This podcast episode explores the lasting impact of online comments on one's self-perception and asks why people choose to write hurtful comments on the internet. The host shares personal experiences with negative comments and questions why anonymity leads to such toxicity online.
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The host of the podcast talks to his mother about an intervention that he didn't know he had until years later and tries to understand why it happened.
46:10 - 47:21 (01:11)
Summary
The host of the podcast talks to his mother about an intervention that he didn't know he had until years later and tries to understand why it happened.
ChapterHarmful Effects of Online Comments on Self-Perception
Episode796: What Lies Beneath
PodcastThis American Life
This podcast episode features a conversation between Alma and her anonymous commenter, who discusses how they helped Alma's personal life as a Mormon lady.
47:21 - 48:28 (01:07)
Summary
This podcast episode features a conversation between Alma and her anonymous commenter, who discusses how they helped Alma's personal life as a Mormon lady. Alma reveals how anonymous comments can help someone hear an outside perspective and improve oneself.
ChapterHarmful Effects of Online Comments on Self-Perception
Episode796: What Lies Beneath
PodcastThis American Life
The podcaster and his mother read the comments of his show and find themselves creating fictionalized versions of the commenters in their minds based on their usernames and location.
48:28 - 49:41 (01:13)
Summary
The podcaster and his mother read the comments of his show and find themselves creating fictionalized versions of the commenters in their minds based on their usernames and location.