It's just because it's text. If we could see the faces of some people while they mouthed off on their deranged rant, we'd all politely turn back to whatever bet

It's just because it's text. If we could see the faces of some people while they mouthed off on their deranged rant, we'd all politely turn back to whatever better conversation we were having, and chuckle...It's just because the genre of "text" puts everyone on the same volume and medium/timbre/character (fading doesn't really alter this). Crazy rants that would not get a word in edge wise ordinarily, get to take full spectrum bandwidth. Probably, just like this comment will seem to some people. You don't need much empathy, social acuity and awareness yo shout at the top of your ... fingertips on a forum. But to get the attention of a room of smart people in real life....you need a lot more skill. Text reduces everyone's utterances to the same medium background......it's sad. Sad that internet is 31 years old....but we don't have a richer way for people to talk toghether. Funnily enough, maybe THIS startup, is doing something toward that.