The disinhibition of Tiktok
The online disinhibition effect is a fascinating mentality for the masses known as internet trolls. Online disinhibition effect is “While online, some people self-disclose or act out more frequently or intensely than they would in person. This article explores six factors that interact with each other in creating this online disinhibition effect: dissociative anonymity, invisibility, a synchronicity, solipsistic introjection, dissociative imagination, and minimization of authority. Personality variables also will influence the extent of this disinhibition. Rather than thinking of disinhibition as the revealing of an underlying "true self," we can conceptualize it as a shift to a constellation within self-structure, involving clusters of affect and cognition that differ from the in-person constellation.” (Suler, The online disinhibition effect 2004). I have been subjected to the rhetoric of an unprovoked online disinhibition effect attack but I have never, nor will I ever succumb to it; I am rather fascinated by it. For example, recently, while browsing through TikTok a new genre/style of video was placed into my algorithm and the video showed a man wrapped around another man in a martial arts hold until the police arrived; the hashtags stated kidnapper, lol, comedy, crazy people, travel, New York, tried to kidnap a baby, world star and nyc travel. The video was posted to a channel that had a variety of clip videos of New York City and content from other creators; and as I browsed over the comment section of the video I read much of the arguments occurring online that did not supply additional information. This was not information I was seeking and I was curious about the video; I need to know more.