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Brain Research: Why We’re Rude and Crude (Online)  
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Tags: Web, online, brain, behavior, rude, crude, Daniel Goleman, John Suler, flaming, online disinhibition effect

Why do people say things online that they would NEVER say if they were standing in front of someone? Why can they bypass the self-censoring process that operates during social interaction? This process now has an e-name: “flaming”. It also has a technical name: “online disinhibition effect”. Adrienne Edwards shares on her Dyslexia blog a Daniel Goleman citation from John Suler, who suggested some factors that lead to online disinhibition:

	the anonymity of the Web pseudonym
	the time lag between sending an e-mail message and getting feedback
	the exaggerated sense of self from being alone
	the lack of any online authority figure
	As a result, with email, there are no channels for voice, facial expressions or other cues
	“emoticons” get sprinkled into the writing sometimes, bu they lack the neural impact of an actual smile or frown
	they lack the raised eyebrow (irony)
	they lack the tone of voice that says “you know that I know I’m just being clever/funny/outrageous”
	When the reader has no real-time cues, he or she can easily mis-read the printed words.

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