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I would add 3. The anonymity of online identity. People behave very differently when they perceive they are anonymous. Perhaps this is a version of mob psych
by gwright 6y ago
I would add
3. The anonymity of online identity.
People behave very differently when they perceive they are anonymous.
Perhaps this is a version of mob psychology/dynamics where the anonymity of the collective causes people to act in ways that they normally wouldn't.
- rootusrootus 6y ago> People behave very differently when they perceive they are anonymous. I don't know about that. I see people on FB who are accurately identified by their real name who have no problem whatsoever expressing "F*ck your feelings" to people who are ostensibly their friends. Lack of anonymity doesn't seem to have helped.
- gwright 6y agoI purposely used the word "perceive". I think people, even with their real names on the account, view themselves as more "anonymous" online.