Social Autopsy: A Platform for Online Shaming and Mob Rule?
The concept of a database built to shame users isn’t new: Trolldor was created to catalog trolls on Twitter in 2014. However, databases like these can be open to abuse.
Online bullying and trolling are problems that seem notoriously difficult to root out. A counter-behavior, online shaming, can also be problematic on social media, as mobs amass to dole out punishment for perceived transgressions. Social Autopsy, a database for exposing users engaged in hate-filled behavior, has reignited discussion over these issues.
Social Autopsy started as a Kickstarter campaign created by Candace Owens, CEO of creative agency Degree180. Unfortunately, the campaign was suspended April 14 for violating the Kickstarter terms of service; however, Owens vows that the team still intends to launch Social Autopsy.
The stated purpose of the site is to analyze the digital footprint of users engaged in abusive behavior.
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