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Behavior, including anything bullying-like, seems much more heavily policed among younger kids than ever (nobody thought a thing of the odd "I'll kill you!" or

Behavior, including anything bullying-like, seems much more heavily policed among younger kids than ever (nobody thought a thing of the odd "I'll kill you!" or "I hate you!" in elementary school in the 80s or 90s, and I'm told we were far more "coddled" then than in the 70s or earlier—now, even a one-off of that kind of thing gets a call to parents) but much nastier stuff is more prevalent than ever in middle school and up, thanks to social media and smartphones (the Internet being everywhere, all the time, is what made social media take off in the mainstream, and why it's so heavily used).

asdff 4y ago
Even just 15 years ago it was a totally different beast online. Future politicians are lucky no one was recording their banter in the halo 3 lobby. You were expected to be thick skinned and not take anything seriously. Maybe it helped that an fps actually gave you a way to dish it back though if you had the skill to back up your talk. It seemed like after halo 3, no one bothered turning on a mic and that culture was over before long.