Misleading Effects of Internet Trolls - Elif Aslı Taşdemiroğlu Onbaşı (211004072)
- Students of Digital Com. & Cul.
- Jan 9, 2022
- 1 min read
İnternet is a world where people can share their ideas with hidden, private or real Identities.
People can express themselves by posting comments on various posts, news, topics or media sources.
As Covid 19 spread across the world like a contagious disease, there was a similar spread on social media in terms of comments made.
There were opinions about how to cure, stop the spread of the epidemic or about the benefits of using masks.
This was not different when vaccination started to reduce the negative impacts of the disease on human health.
There were positive comments supporting the benefits of vaccination but there was also another side where people strongly claimed the negative consequences of vaccination and protested the vaccination process.
They presented many examples and claimed evidences about the negative results of the vaccination.
This approach discouraged many people from getting vaccinated. Although there are scientific evidence and proof that vaccination provides strong protection against
negative effects of Covid 19, many people believed negative comments against vaccination and opposed vaccination.
As a result people rejected vaccination were among those who lost the most life. Here we can see how seriously comments on social media can influence people. This case should be a strongexample of responsibility that we should bear for our posts on social media.
As you mentioned in your article, there are many people who are affected by the false information of internet trolls and hesitate to vaccinate, and these people have a higher risk of being caught in covid and dying than those who are vaccinated. As we understand from here, trolls are trying to harm other people and society. (Beydullah Kar 190530055)
I agree with you. Online comments greatly influence a person's personal decisions. People enter the social media apps and express their opinion freely on the issues that are raised. On the other hand, there are people who determine their decision on some matters based on the opinion of other people. The example of vaccination is a good example that illustrates this point. Well done! (Nadlin Alaghbari)