[THOUGHTS] Things you can expect about communicating on the Internet

It'd be endearing to see if you've noticed the core truths of these generalizations too.

• Most people don't actually read all the way through a long forum thread or blog comments. They just want to get to the submit form and post their two cents.
• The same's true for an original blog post or news article. (It's a sure psychological test.) Don't be depressed, make a drinking game out of how many people ask about something that was already answered and can't be bothered to Ctrl-F (Cmd-F for you Mac'ers).
• Count on human weakness, that someone's inability to adapt has blinded them to evolve viewpoints. Their stagnant responses will reveal as much.
• A paradox: video responses convey more human bandwidth but are harder to maintain momentum responding to. The asynchrony baffles.
• Expect few to reply repeatedly to a thread with helpful info. A safer bet's on the nuts and quacks to show up.
• Following a "vigorous debate", no one's mind is changed. There are no revelatory epiphanies, no "Thank you for substantiating I was mistaken!" People go on, worse than TV characters, their personalities ungrown.
• There are a lot of lonely people who are afraid to develop lasting friendships, having been hurt too many times before, so they post humorous one-offs or vile snipes. They'll never admit it but — what if they could?
• Trolls are lonely. There are lots of lonely people in the world. (Draw your own conclusions.)
• Retweeting and replying in the same tweet is like ordering a whole turkey and dessert.
• People tend to sound meaner in text alone, goofier on webcam…
• … and hardly anyone provides alternate timeline versions.
• I've yet to come across software that provides such branching, either.
• If you try really hard, you, too, can find a community where your fringe views are the majority. How beneficial this is depends on what those views are.
• Fun is often out there. Usefulness is not. The two are pretty fine bedmates.
• It's easier to get people outraged over dead animals than humans. Equally true for the hurt but not-dead.
• Eating the popcorn means not being a star of the show.
• If you find someone who earnestly asks, "Help me understand what you mean?" even if they disagree, you've found a treasure.
• Very few superconnectors. Prize them too.
• ALL THIS… FOR NOTHING?
• Novelty is fresh. Continually seeking new experiences after years on the web, even more.
• No matter how high-tech we get, storytelling will triumph. And along with it, sadly, superstition.
• We have people wanting to stand out. We have people wanting to fit in. And then there's people who are both. Those are the most interesting.
• We haven't found an equivalent verb to "photoshopped" for videos yet. "Fake" doesn't cut it.
• Someday, guys playing girls will be mundane. And they won't have to pretend.
• There are legends among us.
• The fact that people are so often telling each other to "google it!" means that search's ease-of-use knight is still slain by the laziness dragon.
• We'd all be better off if we had P2P filesharing for emotions. Try to stop that, RIAA.