Why are we so rude online?

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Submission + - Why are we so rude online? (wsj.com)

Submitted by kodiaktau on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @04:24PM

kodiaktau writes: An article reported by the WSJ discusses why online media users are more rude online than they are in person. The story discusses some of the possible reasons being lowered inhibitions because there is formal social interaction. Other theories include feeling like reporting on a phone or other device is simply communicating with a "toy" which dehumanizes the conversation. Submitter's note: A dehumanized conversation has never happened on Slashdot in the last 15 years.

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