It isn't just the amount of people. On forums there are similar social dynamics as in real life, probably even more amplified since (as you said) people have no restraints in "reacting truthfully", which in some cases might even be rude (such as in ignoring or not caring).
Additionally, there are people who just write and express certain positions for the sake of getting better "online reputation", be promoted to forum moderator, and similar things.
And people who just write things they have read on a book, but aren't able to defend their arguments when they are challenged.
The typical example are people who answer to the topic with some cliché predefined phrases, but when the original author asks something regarding those phrases, they don't answer anymore (it has happened to me on this forum as well, right now) nor do they admit that they might be wrong.
What I'm saying is, both written and spoken, humans are humans.
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Originally Posted by Rockchick26 But online,it's much easier to let your true feelings out,thats why there is so much online bullying going on,cuz its so easy to react with anger on here than it is to do it in person. |
Do you think this is necessarily a positive thing?
In social circumstances, whether it's sincere or calculated, if I disagree I somehow tell it in a mannered way in order to somehow reach a constructive solution.
Just because I don't shout at them and literally kick them out of the room doesn't mean I am a hypocrit.
Good social manners are useful sometimes and may create more results than straightforward insults
