Posted by alexandra_k on April 19, 2022, at 18:59:48
In reply to 2030, posted by rjlockhart37 on April 18, 2022, at 20:12:55
maybe it is about the 'online dis-inhibition effect'.
would is one way of viewing or describing what happens. alternatively you could say there is an 'in person inhibition effect'. that is to say, people feel (actually are) more censored or restrained in what they say with in-person interaction than they are when they engage in on-line communications.
that is likely correct.
people feel freer in some contexts to say what they really think...
maybe a freedom they do not feel they have ever ever ever had before. so people are expressing themselves in online settings. by email or message board or chat or whatever.
which has them feeling considerably less free by way of contrast when they are dealing with their 'superiors' at work, or whatever.
there were a few things about how on-line you can't see whether the person is wearing a suit or a onesie. people are free to choose how they present themselves. people can present themselves wearing the latest fashion suits. as being the most physically attractive person they can pay to be as their avatar if that is what is important to them...
social hierarchy information is obscured.
you see people for... what they want to be. what they think is important. what they choose to value.
these things...
are disturbing to the psychopath fakers out there. the people who thrive and flourish from being the only people with the fancy suits. etc.
the psychopaths are... acting as you would expect. they are feeling threatened. for sure.
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