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Re:Most of what you read on the internet is written by insan... by michaelcampbell on Friday January 01, 2021 @10:56AM (#25604114)
> A reality check would be going to a conference and realizing that twitter isn't a representation of the general public.

An interesting counter(? corollary? Neither?) to that is when you go to a conference and the SAME INSANE PEOPLE from Twitter are there, acting as one would consider "normal".

I don't know what to think about the immense gulf between how we as a species behave behind a screen vs face to face. And how we also react to others doing it.

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Re:Most of what you read on the internet is written by insan... by bcrosby95 on Friday January 01, 2021 @11:13AM (#25604253)
I had this lesson 25 years ago. The nicest person I knew at my school was an immense asshole online. It wasn't even the anonymousness of it - it was to fellow classmates that knew who he was.
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Re:Most of what you read on the internet is written by insan... by rtx on Friday January 01, 2021 @12:05PM (#25604640)
Speculation - You need to be asshole some times in real life, or you become passive aggressive and take it out somewhere else.
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Re:Most of what you read on the internet is written by insan... by krapp on Friday January 01, 2021 @10:58AM (#25604121)
>I don't know what to think about the immense gulf between how we as a species behave behind a screen vs face to face.

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth - Oscar Wilde."

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Re:Most of what you read on the internet is written by insan... by Bakary on Friday January 01, 2021 @01:09PM (#25605189)
Looking at 4chan as an example, although in theory masked the discussions defaults to a specific and recognizable tone and specific ways of argumenting or joking.

Giving a mask gives you a new contextual facet of a person, but hardly the truth. Few are those who can even know the truth about themselves. I don't know if I do.

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Re:Most of what you read on the internet is written by insan... by jlokier on Friday January 01, 2021 @01:01PM (#25605129)
Perhaps it's more like give someone a mask and they will tell you their psychosis. Is the disinhibited mind properly functioning any more than a drunk person is their real self or a disinhibited muscle contributes the most to a person's presence?
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Re:Most of what you read on the internet is written by insan... by jcims on Friday January 01, 2021 @07:59PM (#25609131)
Don’t even get me started on conferences, there are a centerpiece of the controversy. I never got into the conference groove because I always had to pay my own way and never wanted to turn down an opportunity to bill some hours.
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