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[โ€“] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm sick of this lie that the internet isn't real.

Have you ever heard it said that character is who you are in the dark? Kind of a Jungian take, the whole "you change your persona depending on environment and company, you're only ever your true self when you think nobody's watching."

Well, I think the internet is "in the dark." It brings out the actual in people.

[โ€“] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

The G.I.F.T. Later referred to in actual research as the online disinhibition effect.