Maybe a little bit. I think it's mostly because anti-social behavior online is often rewarded (e.g., through increased engagement), whereas offline it's often punished (e.g., through decreased engagement as people avoid assholes).

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Online you don't have to 'read the room' there is just a continuous assumption you are around "your people". A lot more inner thoughts (half baked ideas) are willing to be written from afar rather than spoken in person. A very different bar.