Something else that I run into sometimes is a problem in a translation. I might say something - using a local slang - that someone else will not get. This could cause problems.

Also, because the intented audience can't see me - and how I might be saying something, it can be taken wrong. In verbal communication, the verbal part is only a small portion of the overall communication. How we sit, our facial expressions, our tone of voice, etc carry a lot of meaning as well. But when typing/reading something - you don't get to experience all that.

>>I would actually think it would be exactly the opposite - I think we are better in responses on the internet - expecially in a forum like this - because we have more time to think about our response.
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>>>I hope this no one will see this as an insulting post.
>>>I was just pondering if people tend to be more insulting on the internet than in everday life because of lack of instant feedback.
>>>Or is it that those who reading these posts are reading more into them than was intended.
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>Yes I think that is true in most cases.
>But it seems to me that somtimes those who are in disagreement do not use much of that time before responding to messages.