Clarity comments on Open Thread Feb 16 - Feb 23, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Clarity 16 February 2016 02:53:23AM 1 point [-]

Online disinhibition effect

Suler names six primary factors behind why people sometimes act radically differently on the internet from the way they do in normal face-to-face situations:

One of them is 'you don't know me'. I for one value the right to privacy for all LessWrongers, Eugine included.

There are 5 other disinhibiting factors listed on the Wikipedia page. Could we explore those instead?

Comment author: OrphanWilde 17 February 2016 03:08:03PM 1 point [-]

Hey, it IS just a game.

I mean, there are points and scoring and everything.