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Yeah I think the loss of face/body language and also tone/loudness of voice is an insurmountable gap in our ability to recognize each other as real people on the internet. We're all just random encounters in the posting RPG and generosity/kindness/compassion have to be conscious choices rather than instinctual. I do wonder what effect that is going to have on the next generation as they grow up completely online.
Optimistically they'll adapt and learn ways to be good to each other. Pessimistically... well uh... nvm at least they have video and voice chat?
It's better here because I recognise so many repeating names, but even on leddit I'd often peruse somebody's profile to try to figure out what kinda person they were.
I never look at people irl and can barely read tone anyway so