Cyber-disinhibition - Do (young) people who flame repeatedly tend to become friendless in real life too?

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from personal experience i am actually angrier with people face to face than on the Internet. There is no point getting that angry on the Internet, because the physical attack that often results from real life confrontation isn’t possible, so there is no satisfactory or natural conclusion, merely frustration.

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