I just think the Internet has made us ruder.
The public discourse online is not done through the polite language of debate.
I know that this is the internet, and we're all anonymous and all that, but really. It doesn't hurt to try to be nice.
I know it's very 'old media' of me to admit this, but I am often unnerved by the lack of civility on the Web.
In our digital age, the Golden Rule is not enforced online.
The Internet does not have a reputation as being a particularly civilized place.
> CracKing: No need to yell. > FtLouie: I’m not yelling!!! > CracKing: You’re using excessive amounts of punctuation, and on-line, that’s like yelling.
I'm accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their insults.
E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being.
