I'm genuinely really really curious about the psyche of people who leave unnecessarily rude comments online because I feel like if I did that I'd feel embarrassed
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I think it's the detachment of seeing it as an account and/or content instead of actually real people and there's no direct consequences unlike in irl. They can delete their traces and pretend there's nothing...
I think there are several factors that encourages people to be unnecessarily rude and/or insensitive online other than anonymity the internet provides. For example, by default they could be hateful and never/rarely regulates their negativity-
and has no power irl but they have to constantly repress due to the kind of society they're in
These are very broad though because if we narrow down again there's also the bullying culture (and thus extended to strangers online) where they originate from and that influences their behavior?
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These are very broad though because if we narrow down again there's also the bullying culture (and thus extended to strangers online) where they originate from and that influences their behavior?