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Reading the replies here, it's another data point on how people take a popular phrase and project whatever they want onto it. There are a dozen different definitions of "cancel culture" being argued here.
Not to mention the fact that the people who defined what call outs and call ins do not define it as a "culture" or a bandwagon to jump on. And it definitely doesn't include every type of toxic interaction that happens on the internet.
If I have a blindspot it's that I'm still asking who's lives are being "ruined"? Setting aside "cancel culture", I do believe an internet "pile-on" can feel devastating. But what are the long term effects? Why is there a growing assumption that people never recover? I'm confused.
I think there's some truth here. I definitely don't think I understand the extent to which online culture has shaped new generations. It's not something I can speak on.
