a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment by Outset
Outset  ·  3303 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I Am Not My Internet Personality, and You Probably Aren’t Yours, Either.

I am a lot more argumentative, open and confident behind a keyboard than I am speaking in person.





coffeesp00ns  ·  3303 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Have you ever asked your self why that is (in either direction)?

Kafke  ·  3301 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Conflict breeds anger. In person this isn't so great. Online, it doesn't matter. Online is much more open, and if someone doesn't want to continue, they can just leave (and someone else can join in). In person, you can hardly get 2 words out without interrupting the other person's fueled anger.