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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jeff (and others), Do you ever wonder what motivates people to post certain competitive, cruel, catty things here? Is this a universal issue with message boards; as in, anonymity is the perfect cloak for the evil that lurks within all of us? I see people -- presumably adults, many of whom are parents -- acting in ways that my 6th-grader would have outgrown by now. Putting people down, making competitive remarks about colleges or sports, making fun of people's income, suggesting people have cancer when they post a common symptom on the health board, writing things that would make them humiliated if their true identities were discovered. Is this a Beltway thing? A DCUM thing? An anonymity thing? Does this board attract people with axes to grind? Yes, sometimes there are posts that reaffirm my faith in humanity, but often, the things I see here make me wonder what brand of vitriol lurks inside so many of us. Ideas?[/quote] I agree and think it's an anonymity thing. Best way to check is to see if people are not as mean when their identity s known. I also think a lot of "vitriol lurks inside" many people and posting anonymously allows people to get it out.[/quote]
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