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Loud minorities. You only notice the bad parts. Hiding behind a pseudonym/anonymity allows people to hold back less. You probably don't talk much to teens/chi
by _Algernon_ 4y ago
Loud minorities. You only notice the bad parts.
Hiding behind a pseudonym/anonymity allows people to hold back less.
You probably don't talk much to teens/children irl. You do online.
Less / no social repercussions to being a cunt.
People who are bitter and angry and troll on forums may not go outside much irl, so you don't meet them.
If you are outside the US, you get to experience the exported political polarization from the US which you may not have where you live.
- tester756 4y ago>People who are bitter and angry and troll on forums may not go outside much irl, so you don't meet them. I believe this is myth, was it even proved? I've seen it being repeated for at least decade yet it always felt like "one quick, somewhat logically sounding explanation" but is it even real?
- lazide 4y agoThe people I know who go out a lot IRL tend to not be bitter and angry where I can see them anyway. But I've never seen any actual data. I guess to gather it one would need access to a randomized subset of the populations browsing histories and forum posts. Maybe the NSA can help? (/s)
- tester756 4y ago>where I can see them anyway What does it mean - facebook/tiktok? What if you just aren't aware of other sites/apps (discord, reddit, etc) that they do use?
- lazide 4y agoOnly one way to find out I imagine - tap it all! (Hence the /s) It wouldn’t surprise me to find out a non trivial percentage of folks are flaming trolls online to work out anger or whatever they can’t IRL.