Dec 04: There is surge in the population of very different breed called netizens, a citizen of net mainly through booming Social Networking sites, which impart different colours to the virtual relationship formed through such sites.
It provides a reunion sort of things to people who really value their friendship and want to connect with them with whom they have lost their contact.
A very new dimension has just begun to mushroom in social Networking Sites; Hate Clubs are in vogue today, a platform that invites like-minded people to vent out their prejudices.
Netizens spend significant time online and it affects both in positive and negative way, if some people find it to discuss various topics many communities devote their time propagating hate and violence.
Hate communities at Orkut have zoomed to a significant number, I hate Himesh Reshmaiya, similarly such hate clubs for Shahrukh Khan, Greg Chappel, Ekta Kapoor are making its presence felt among such sites with members amounting to 76,837 for Ekta Kapoor hate club, 33,137 for Himesh, Shahrukh hate club includes 11,179 members, Greg Chappel at 7659 and even Mahatma Gandhi hate club include 6647 members.
There are other hate communities against India, Pakistan and several other countries. Hate clubs against boss, girlfriend, boyfriend and children too are at demand and people keep joining them to vent their emotions.
Some people who write such hate article says they have every right to articulate their discontent ness and there is no problem discussing their displeasure over something.
While Psychiatrists believes that culture of violence, a perceived threat orientation and an ideology of superiority play in the formation and propagation of prejudice and discrimination.
This is also true that hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated therefore some subterfuge should be evolved to reduce the effectiveness of such hate clubs.
This should be seen as a serious crime striking at the very delicate social sentiments; even Google is working to take this grim mistreatment of Orkut seriously. It is also working to develop tools to review inappropriate content on the sites.
Many earlier incidents of its mishandling have been reported where people comes close after sharing personal details and only find them later to be used and thrown.
This is also true that people with different mantle capacities visits such sites with myriad problem in their life and seek refuse by sharing their anguish with virtual friends whose identity can be phony.
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