> People are governed by social rules in the "Town Square". If you say something people don't like, you will face consequences People are less confrontational

> People are governed by social rules in the "Town Square". If you say something people don't like, you will face consequences People are less confrontational in real life, than the internet would make it appear. On the downside the internet also tends to remove nuance from content, thus it seems hard to assess if a comment belong to abrasive characters, people that badly express their controversial point of view, or trolls using sarcasm. At least that's my impression about Twitter uproars I see spill to other platforms ocassionaly. Disclosure: I have no idea what the original context is, which sparked of the Twitter clone comment by pg.