I think this goes hand-in-hand with what @kfwyre mentioned in the thread about Signal yesterday: When you're in a chat room with 1000s of other people, you're a lot more likely to not care if what...
Putnam goes on to write, “A society characterized by generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful society, for the same reason that money is more efficient than barter. If we don’t have to balance every exchange instantly, we can get a lot more accomplished. Trustworthiness lubricates social life.” Trust requires that we interact with the same people more than once, or at least think that we might.
When you're in a chat room with 1000s of other people, you're a lot more likely to not care if what you're saying is true, hurtful, etc., than if you know and interact with every other person in the room.
I think this goes hand-in-hand with what @kfwyre mentioned in the thread about Signal yesterday:
When you're in a chat room with 1000s of other people, you're a lot more likely to not care if what you're saying is true, hurtful, etc., than if you know and interact with every other person in the room.