Why are people nicer over the internet?

Why are people nicer over the internet compared to real life? :|

Might be a stupid question... But we take it for granted and (probably) never really ask ourselves why. :-k

Why do people give me "huggles" or slap me playfully with "fish"?

Why do people say "lol" a lot, yet are probably not even smiling irl?

Why are people able to talk to, and trust, complete strangers online without care or thought? :-s

And *cough* why do girls talk to me and not *cough* irl? :anxious:

Is it because we can't see each other, speak with each other...

Even smell each other?

Is it because we all speak a common language?

Is it because rules say that we must be nice to each other?

Or maybe its because our ideas and opinions are the only things that matters over the internet?

Why in god's name are people different online?

Thats what I'd like to know from your view. :-$

Oh and FYI, its 4:55 AM in the morning and this post is the result me having one of those enlightening "moments" which, under normal circumstances, I probably would have regretted ever coming up with... :wall:

Hmm possibly because we can't see each other and therefore judge one another. As well as the fact alot of us will probably never meet eachother in real life, we can say what we want to whoever we want and there not be any consequences to our actions. However I don't think everyone is nice on the internet go play runescape for like 10 minutes and you'll know what I mean..

Most likely because you can lie and generally get away with it a lot easier.

*cough* camobizkit *cough*

if people in the internet are nicer we wouldn't have child rapist running wild in chat rooms do we?

Striker is right. It's the fact that we can't see each other -- it is a lot easier to talk to others without a visual. There's no need to be self-concious about your actions or appearance. :)

The only downside is that you can be as "fake" as you'd like to be. :P

And *cough* why do girls talk to me and not *cough* irl? :anxious:

Because they're not really girls.

As for being nicer on the internet, it goes the other way too. You can be an impudent little brat to someone because you know they can't hurt you. People feel less responsibility for their actions.

Because when someone is speaking in only text, you can fill in the tones and in-betweens yourself, and thus you're less annoyed by people and less mean :D Plus, if someone tells an awful joke in real life, you might try to give a slight half smile, which is the equivalent of an "lol" really :P

I don't know. Online, it's just easier to be nice. :D

im nice in rl and online.... so if you'll ever meet me i'll be nice

As for being nicer on the internet, it goes the other way too. You can be an impudent little brat to someone because you know they can't hurt you. People feel less responsibility for their actions.

I came into this thread thinking that most people are probably nicer in person than they are over the net, for the same reasons mentioned above.

In general, the nice people you come across online are probably the same in person, whereas the keyboard warriors who make it their duty to abuse people online are, for the most part, probably still living with their parents and wouldn't dare talk to anyone that way face to face.

whereas the keyboard warriors who make it their duty to abuse people online are, for the most part, probably still living with their parents and wouldn't dare talk to anyone that way face to face.

And are also generally between 13-17 but think they are 25.

 

And *cough* why do girls talk to me

 

Because you are posting on an internet messageboard at 4:55am

 

and not *cough* irl? :anxious:

 

Because you are posting on an internet messageboard at 4:55am

Maybe its not 4:55am where jak722 lives ;)

I share my opinion with Rizla, I think people are much more friendly in real life than online.

heh, i always found it to be pretty much the opposite. people are normally considered to be a lot meaner online, because they dont have to see or hear the person they are communicating with.

Maybe its not 4:55am where jak722 lives ;)

 

I share my opinion with Rizla, I think people are much more friendly in real life than online.

I thought the same thing so I decided to investigate his Location and sig but couldn't find anything, until I read the bottom of his post. :P

Oh and FYI, its 4:55 AM in the morning and this post is the result me having one of those enlightening "moments" which, under normal circumstances, I probably would have regretted ever coming up with... :wall:

As for being nicer on the internet, it goes the other way too. You can be an impudent little brat to someone because you know they can't hurt you. People feel less responsibility for their actions.

 

 

 

I came into this thread thinking that most people are probably nicer in person than they are over the net, for the same reasons mentioned above.

 

In general, the nice people you come across online are probably the same in person, whereas the keyboard warriors who make it their duty to abuse people online are, for the most part, probably still living with their parents and wouldn't dare talk to anyone that way face to face.

That used to be me, but I argue on the internet now the way I do in real life. The difference is that people are a lot more brazen on the internet in terms of being opinionated than in real life :wink: . So if you met me in real life then we would probably get along well and I wouldn't be such an argumentative richard.

I'm not any nicer on the internet then I am in real life.

8-)

Striker is right. It's the fact that we can't see each other -- it is a lot easier to talk to others without a visual. There's no need to be self-concious about your actions or appearance. :)

 

 

 

The only downside is that you can be as "fake" as you'd like to be. :P

True. I find it easy to talk to people online, plus you have time to think up a response you don't have to respond right away. Plus were judging eachother by text, not analizing eachother with all our senses.

I do think it's a lot easier to come across as being harsh on the net. You don't have the tone of someones voice to indicate how they mean what they say, so someone who's agreeing with you might sound like they're being sarcastic.... or vice versa i guess.

Lol, this can't be any more wrong for me. I'm nicer in real life. Here, if you piss me off, all worlds collide. But in real life, I can't care less.

To the people I know here, I'm as nice to them as I am to my friends in real life :wink:

whereas the keyboard warriors who make it their duty to abuse people online are, for the most part, probably still living with their parents and wouldn't dare talk to anyone that way face to face.

I think it is worth being a member of this message board for however many years to come across the phrase "keyboard warriors." :P

Striker is right. It's the fact that we can't see each other -- it is a lot easier to talk to others without a visual. There's no need to be self-concious about your actions or appearance. :)

 

 

 

The only downside is that you can be as "fake" as you'd like to be. :P

 

 

 

True. I find it easy to talk to people online, plus you have time to think up a response you don't have to respond right away. Plus were judging eachother by text, not analizing eachother with all our senses.

I agree with that.

I find it much easier to talk to people online because you have time to think of what your gonna say. Irl you just have to say whatever comes to your mind.

Although there are a lot of nice people on the internet I find that some people are meaner because they know that no one can do anything to then if they are mean.

I don't think there's much difference for myself. Maybe I'm even nicer in real life. :o

I'm only nicer to people who I don't have any reason to be mean to. In online games, where people are annoying me, I give em an earfull.

It's so much easier to be however you want to be online, because you have time to think about what you're saying.

Hmmm.... I think people are generally meaner online because ttey know the worst thing that happens is another person will type up a rude message to them that they can simply not read if they choose. However on tip.it we have mostly nice people whereas on rs people are as mean as hell just because they can be. The people taht are nicer might want to shave a rep of being nice, where in rl they are mean and can't shake that rep, even if tehy want to. I am probably as nice as I am rl here, occasionally getting really mad and totally taking it out on the other person but not all the time like some people.

I'm only nicer to people who I don't have any reason to be mean to.

Haha, that made me laugh.

Anyway, I act the exact same way online as I do in person. I also say the exact same stuff online as I do in person.

... Actually, now that I think about it, I say a whole lot more in person than I do online. If you make me mad and I say something rude to you, I don't have to worry about getting banned from life, as I do with this message board. :P