I often think people are role playing on faceless social platforms, such as here or reddit. The behaviour here is much better of course due to excellent moderat

I often think people are role playing on faceless social platforms, such as here or reddit. The behaviour here is much better of course due to excellent moderation plus this site has a strong career/education angle which tends to have a calming effect. Maybe. Like you say, people try to be civil face to face but I think there is still a lot of tension in face to face (not always) and many people are venting online to release the pressure of what they really want to say. Plus, reddit is full of militarized bots pushing political agendas, sowing discontent.