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comment by Kafke
Kafke  ·  3344 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I Am Not My Internet Personality, and You Probably Aren’t Yours, Either.

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.