>> Why does it always seem to surprise me, even after all these years, that the way we behave on the internet is often quite different from how we act in real l

>> Why does it always seem to surprise me, even after all these years, that the way we behave on the internet is often quite different from how we act in real life? Because you don't actually know the people you interact with on the internet. Anonymity invites deception, which builds a sort of distrust over time whether people realize it or not. Authenticity is rare on the net.