How did people get so mean on the internet.

[Saiyan Lusitano]

If you say something on the internet, you can't see their face or reaction when they see your message. In real life, you'll be able to see how they feel. Plus, you can't punch someone in the face over the internet (if you're just an average user)

Not physically but possibly mentally if they still keep on biting the same old shoe. I tend to sometimes stick to conversations here and there but when they keep on going forever I just.. move on.

 

[loco365]

Probably because the internet is a fairly anonymous proxy for people, although it's not too anonymous in some cases.

 

[Deleted User]

* Tumblr (I'm only there for the porn. Too many people whine and bitch about things there. I'm all for social justice but you can't be politically correct all the god damn time)

Tumblr honestly scares the shit out of me at this point, especially with what happened with that person who drew a Steven Universe character "wrong" so a hoard of people went after her sending death threats and telling her to kill herself.
I feel safer on 4chan than I do on Tumblr.

 

[cvskid]

If someone really wanted to know where you lived then they could find you one way or another to get some type of revenge right? If not by using the normal internet then maybe by using the forbidden "deep web".

 

[Blood Fetish]

I've never met a mean person on the internet. You need new friends.

 

[Yil]

If someone really wanted to know where you lived then they could find you one way or another to get some type of revenge right? If not by using the normal internet then maybe by using the forbidden "deep web".

Nah, just check your ip address, hack into government server and steal all your money and report you to the police. Those who have manner are potentially more dangerous.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

I've never met a mean person on the internet. You need new friends.

Just misunderstood people.

 

[quackstar84]

People seem to use the internet as their personally venting place. Issue with this is that this vent is absorbed by others who will need to vent it... vicious circle.

 

[Touko White]

It's called 4chan, it's the 'scum de la scum' of the Internet as Gene Hunt (from Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes) would say.
People toy with the idea of being anonymous and abuse it, it's like people who hide behind proxies, VPN and Tor so they can't be found out trolling.

Someone I know is constantly getting hacked for no reason, their forum was once open for about four days and then it was destroyed with rainbow colour and this spamming idiot with no life other than to troll.

 

[quackstar84]

Yep Dixie, it's simple sadistic as they gain pleasure from others pain. I figure they were bullied themselves. Really would be helpful for themselves and others to seek therapy. I found cognitive behavioural therapy to be very helpful myself.

 

[omgpwn666]

I'm always a nice guy, I refuse to let the internet destroy me. Lol

 

[Touko White]

I'm always a nice guy, I refuse to let the internet destroy me. Lol

Really the only people who are idiots in this digital land, are 4chan users and Reddit users who are mainly very immature men or are 12 years old.
I know what shit posting is since I moderate a chan board and I hate shit posts so much. (then again I moan about people when they don't post in a thread I make)

 

[quackstar84]

Really the only people who are idiots in this digital land, are 4chan users and Reddit users who are mainly very immature men or are 12 years old.

The flame/hate/lame forum on orgish.org is mental. That's less known thought.

 

[ErikH526]

I know everyone is entitled to their opinion I would just ignore them. I honestly wouldn't take them seriously those people make up a small part of the world.

 

[NightWolve]

One usually points at something like https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19 at this point in time. As for uncriticisable then I have never found anything yet that I could not criticise, occasionally it is pointless but it is still possible.

My personal favorite is Youtube Comment Fight. Never gets old for me, still makes me laugh!

It's so well produced for a fan effort, you got the opening gang war scene paying homage to "The West Side Story" with the singer putting a stop to it, the idea to have him pop up in front of the backdrop of Youtube while singing, the music is great, etc. beyond accurately skewering the reality of the flame wars/fighting that occurs!! It's genius! They even immortalized the tactic of hijacking a popular [high visibility] video/thread by fanatics to market/spam their political views where it's completely unrelated to the video/thread in question... I go into a gardening or a chipmunk video for example, and I'll see attacks on Fox News or "George W. Bush is an international terrorist" in the comments sections, etc. Heh.



P.S. The Metallica guy is the best!

 

[Touko White]

I love YouTube comment fights when they're over:
a) something stupid
b) something unrelated to the video

Because it usually makes either one or both persons look stupid, and makes you fully realise the level of debate experience the YT Community has.

 

[LittleFlame]

'cuz i'm an asshole that likes to point out logic flaws in other people's arguements? and then get flaunted with insults and then point out the flaws in the insults... yeah i'm just a good'ol jerk

 

[Ruby Gloom]

Constantly insulting and incriticisable.
I know I am a dick but this is way worse.

How did people get so stupid? No, I'm just kidding. But, you should know that everyone contains a unique personality and that not everyone is nice.

 

[phalk]

Has it ever been different?
It's been this way since I remember (late 1990's)

 

[Touko White]

Has it ever been different?
It's been this way since I remember (late 1990's)

With the advent of extra anonymity, free video sites and such, along with the fact there's experienced internet and newbs, it's more open to be hurtful and these people abuse it.
No matter what people say to me I'll still be using the Internet for communication because there's some things I couldn't dare 'post' in real life.

(and yeah, you can argue I capitalise, space out and other things differently in and between posts)