<div>The internet has made it easy, and depressingly common, to be nasty without fear of repercussions – a lack of restraint that psychologists call online disinhibition effect, or ODE. Correspondent David Pogue talks with experts who discuss why exchanges on social media can devolve into hateful, spiteful rages and name-calling that would never be acceptable when talking face-to-face.</div>
<div>Online anonymity has made it easy to be nasty without fear of repercussions – a lack of restraint that psychologists call online disinhibition effect, causing behavior and name-calling (with CAPS LOCK on) that would never be acceptable face-to-face.</div>