Social media has far more vitriol and shaming because it is radically different in very important ways:<p>1. Anonymity<p>2. Mixing of cultures that rarely (if ever) meet in the real world<p>3. Loss of nuances when speech is converted to text<p>4. Loss of context due to text constraints (can&#x27;t write many complete, complex thoughts in 140 characters)<p>5. Less potential for physical consequences