Why are there some very overly sensitive people on the Internet?

[Amanda]

I'm not going to say either way on your comment, but everyone has personality flaws - and those, more often times than not, are amplified on the internet. So, one small personality flaw - such as being a little oversensitive or defensive - comes out and seems a whole lot worse because that's the only part of that person people see - that one little comment, devoid of any kind of inflection. This's even worse when people have a connection to a certain issue - such as having an eating disorder. People are prone to be even more defensive over something like that.