Why are people so mean on the the internet?

[Alex]

People have a sense of power when on the Internet that they do not have at school or anywhere else. Sometimes, people post mean things without realizing it. They do something to sound cool or to be funny and end up hurting someone's feelings. Since they are confined in a room or wherever there are with a laptop or a mobile phone they feel they cannot get into trouble or have recognition as a bully. Like you said about your Instagram problem, people respond sexually sometimes. The fact that something has to do with "that stuff" riles people up in ways that their brain sees as a excitement or some sort of opportunity. This mostly happens with males because of their brains desire for sex. It does seem gross but not all boys are like that, I'm a boy I should know. Anyway, the guy who told you that you should get raped was playing the situation as a moving picture in his mind or something on the lines of that. His mind told him to write that for the pleasure of himself. People write things that they think will have some effect on them or their future. The truth is, it is better to ignore those hurtful comments or speak to an adult about how something hurt you. When you see those comments just ignore them. When your friend who was defending you tried to stop them she/he made it worse and after a comment like that is sent out somewhere the sender usually will have to have the final word due to the fact that his brain does not want to lose the "pleasure" mentioned before.