Survey: Online Rudeness Growing

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    It’s a cut throat virtual world out there these days. A new survey shows that social media users aren’t experiencing the nicest online environment.

    FOX News Radio’s Steve Rappoport explains:

    Social media sites are great for making new friends and re-connecting with old ones, but the technology has a nasty side effect.

    Nearly 80% percent of users experiencing a rise in online rudeness according to a survey from the Utah-based firm VitalSmarts.

    It’s so bad, two-in-five broke contact with someone after a virtual dispute, while one-in-five spent less time with someone they know in real life.

    VitalSmarts co-chairman Joseph Grenny says the convenience of social media fuels a compulsion to resolve emotions right away instead of cooling off.

    Steve Rappoport, FOX News Radio.

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