Why nice people become jerks online

[knife wielder]

"What is weird is that day to day, my neighborhood is a pretty friendly place. People do not go around screaming hateful things at their neighbors. So why would all these decent people be so unneighborly online?"

"The thing that always surprises me when I read comments online is just how mean people are to one another with very little provocation. You don't see vicious arguments breaking out in real life, even among people who disagree. Does this suggest that online communication functions differently than a face-to-face conversation?"

"It's not that it functions differently, it's just that the context is a little different. What we're doing when we're having an online conversation is everything that we're doing or having a conversation face-to-face minus some of the critically important things of being around other people."

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[MasterBlaster]

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[Swamp-Duck]

I’m the same in RL as I am here, I’m like an old friendly dog, but you keep snapping at my heals, I’m going to bite your fucking head off.

 

[MasterBlaster]

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[Mr. Whipple]

 

[SHAMPAIN]

"What is weird is that day to day, my neighborhood is a pretty friendly place. People do not go around screaming hateful things at their neighbors. So why would all these decent people be so unneighborly online?"

"The thing that always surprises me when I read comments online is just how mean people are to one another with very little provocation. You don't see vicious arguments breaking out in real life, even among people who disagree. Does this suggest that online communication functions differently than a face-to-face conversation?"

"It's not that it functions differently, it's just that the context is a little different. What we're doing when we're having an online conversation is everything that we're doing or having a conversation face-to-face minus some of the critically important things of being around other people."

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You give innocent workers shit irl when you’ve no idea how their day has been or if they have stressful things going on in life, you clearly annoy people online too so what’s your excuse for doing both? Hey at least you’ve not been ass boxed yet... lel

 

[MasterBlaster]

That fool hasn't done a damn thing to anybody IRL. It's just bullshit fodder for him to post whore with.

 

[knife wielder]

The nice people appeared! :LOL1:

 

[knife wielder]

I’m the same in RL as I am here, I’m like an old friendly dog, but you keep snapping at my heals, I’m going to bite your fucking head off.

You "bite people's heads off" even if they don't "snap at your heels".

 

[knife wielder]

"Who are these people who pull off the gloves and hit so hard online? Would we recognize them if we met them in some offline context — identify them as an internet troll?"

"Well, that's funny because in some cases it's very clear from the online trolling and the kind of statements that these are the people who would do it no matter where they are. And that's a minority of people — very, very few people actually do that."

"You said pulling the gloves off: That's the problem with online activity. There are no gloves. There are no hands. In real life if you pulled the gloves off to punch someone, that has repercussions. Big ones, immediate ones to you. But online there are no gloves. There's just a virtual reality out there that you can make up.""

 

[MasterBlaster]

And there's that fodder!

 

[knife wielder]

Fortunately not cannon fodder!

 

[Swamp-Duck]

Imagine the biggest troll on here calling everyone else a troll.

 

[knife wielder]

And whom are you talking about?

 

[knife wielder]

I expose the trolls every time I post an article about the rudeness of people. They comment negatively and react negatively.

 

[knife wielder]

Why people are meaner online:
My suspicion is it’s the anonymity of the Internet that causes people to say things online that would make their mothers blush. To run their mouths in ways they’d never do in someone’s home.

Regardless of the reason, I’ve heard so many jabs, slanders, and critiques that you’d think I’d be use to it by now. As you know, I’ve had my fair share of

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. But I’m not used to it.

Even with such experience, the uncouthness of what I read online sometimes surprises me. I wonder: Did you really think about that before posting it?

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[Swamp-Duck]

 

[knife wielder]

My job here is done. I proved who the jerks are on this forum.

 

[Swamp-Duck]

 

[knife wielder]

No wonder Swamp-Duck's family estranged her.

 

[Swamp-Duck]

 

[knife wielder]

I guess since there's no such thing as trolling on this forum it's useless to report the trolls.

 

[Swamp-Duck]

You piss all over everyone else’s threads, so fuck you.

 

[knife wielder]

Tell that to someone who believes you. Or prove it to me.

 

[knife wielder]

I created the "Shit That Annoys You" thread. I talked about what annoys me and I got relentless attacked for it.

 

[knife wielder]

That was the very beginning of all this cruelty towards me.

 

[Swamp-Duck]

 

[knife wielder]

Are you in your mid-40's to early 50's? And you're still acting childish.

 

[Swamp-Duck]

 

[knife wielder]

You were most likely a jerk before you polluted this forum.