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Could electronic mail undermine conventional post? – archive, 1 December 1983 (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 75 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They say that electronic mail tends to be informal in style (as opposed to written mail) and makes people bolder. This encourages those who wouldn’t dare to say something direct to your face (and who don’t have anything serious enough to say to commit it to a formal, written memo) to send you “brazen” messages.

Even back in 1983 the internet made you an asshole haha

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 19 points 1 year ago

Anonymity has always done that

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

With as much as the article mentioned costs, I wouldn't have been surprised to read "In order to keep electronic mail smaller, one may use abbreviated written speech. It is not uncommon to send a message simply stating 'ey bby wan sum fuk?'"

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

8====D