Shaming

Description
Shaming is a phenomena when someone is out to bring shame to someone else. The person being shamed might have done something that the shamer finds offensive or inapropriate so the shamer posts theis activity on the Internet.

Examples
One such example is the "Dog Poop Girl" from Korea whos dog defficated in a subawytrain. When she didn't clean the excriment from the floor, even though several passengers hade prompted her too, another passenger took a picture of her and published it on the internet.

Another example is of a woman in England who stops to pet a cat. Then looks around as to not be spoted and then places the cat in a garbge bin. A video of the incident was released by the cats owner as to identify the woman. She was later fined for her actions.

More examples can be found here.

Pros and Cons
This kind of behavior can strongly inflict on other peoples privacy and put them in danger. Many people who have been shamed have also gotten death threats and have had to change their names.

Shaming can be used as a way of vigilantism that in some cases can "solve" the injuctice but at the same time create injuctice towards the person being shamed.

Relations
By simply allowing the users to contribute with their own content, espacially images and videos, and giving others the ability to comment on it can foster this behavior. Forums are typical examples of this.

Contributors
Created by Magnus Spånggård.