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Has anyone here met mean people on the net? I have.

Maybe you guys can help me. I have noticed this phenomenon on the internet lately. I can't understand where it comes from.

Over the past few months, I have encountered more and more people who, when they disagree with you, tell you to "DIE!" or "Why don't you just commit suicide?".

That is the most mentally crazy stuff I have ever heard. One person telling another to die or suicide. It is popping up everywhere.

Is it a kids thing? A fad in school? Where could such hurtful and evil ideas come from?

Its so easy for some people to be mean in forums like this because you know there is no possibility of direct retribution. If person A says something mean to person B, they know that person B is just going to have to be mad, and even if person B responds angrily, they know that person A isn't going to see it right away; in fact person A may never see the response.

I must admit to having been mean on the internet once or twice (only to conservatives ) and there is something satisfying about knowing that you can burn someone and they just have to take it. I'm not proud of that or anything, but it has happened.

I've only met one or two really mean people.
I've met a lot of stupid people online.
Then again, I've met a lot of stupid people in real life.

either way you're going to meet mean people in real life and behind a computer screen but you shouldnt let them bother you.

I'm cruel to people who I know, but can't stand on MSN.
I feel people take the internet far too seriously.
It just annoys me some times when people, on MSN ask me whether I know any 'fit boys' or they don't attempt to spell words fully.
So I just tell them straight-up what I thinkof them, if they are being stupid.
Some times I use the internet to convey opiones of mine which would be difficult to in real life because I would just get frustrated with the person and slap them in the face.
For instance, an ex boyfriend of my girlfriend who took their termination far too seriously.
Who began to act up this self loathing image and kept sending her emails about how he was useless and will never be loved. He also went on about how he wanted to end his life. Now when ever I've felt sucidal I've only told a few friends how I felt. I mean like we're not part of the caring, sharing world are we? So it makes no sense to me to tell your ex-partner
(who he never met and allegedly had not that close a relationship) that you want to die as it seems obvious that he wanted her to take pity. So I just get really angry at him when he says utter rubbish like I'm a sadist , who loved his sister (who I only was going out with for a week then she became obssesive), and apparently said I'm going to ruin his life. To cut a long story short he has a real lousy personallity.
So to speak frankly, he won't face-up to these truths and stop spreading rumours about me then I'm not going to censor what I say to him.
I guess in a way I am cruel to him, but only because he persists in being ridiculos so I'll continue to be callous towards him.
If i'm ever cruel I have a reason.

people are ruder, jerkier, cockier, nastier online.

It does annoy me sometimes, because they're only doing it because they're safe behind a piece of glass and a hunk of junk.

I've learned to take nothing on the internet seriously. Nothing.

It makes things much more fun and enjoyable.

I agree with Pizza Dude. The internet is far detached from real life as anything goes.

I actually agree, too. I should try it.

Well, I take sites such as this more seriously than MSN though. MSN is just a bit of a joke to me.

I've not met any mean people online, or at least not any properly mean people that I know of. I've seen flaming on forums but nobody's flamed me so far, so I just keep out of it. I have met some people who come across as really lovely though