User blog comment:BorosPaladin/State of the League/@comment-4742012-20121229085945/@comment-108.176.231.245-20121229162012

A thick hide IS a valuable asset. However there are a couple key differences here.

1. This is a game, you don't profit from it, you choose to spend limited leisure time playing it for enjoyment. So, unlike work, when a game becomes unpleasant there is no motivation left to play it.

2. This is the internet. And if there is one thing I've learned from the internet it is this: anonymity breeds poor character. Outside of the internet you will rarely, if ever, meet people acting the way they do online. Why? Because when you are face to face with someone you are more friendly and polite. This stems from social-psychological issues, seeing someone's face makes you consider them more as a fellow human being, the increased reliance on others to be considerate to you and the fact that it is difficult and expensive to uproot your life and move to a new town, whereas on the internet you can easily change a username, go to a new forum, or just assume that (given the huge population of the internet) you are unlikely to ever encounter the same person again.

tldr: The internet is not "real" life, it does not follow the same social rules and norms, and you are far more likely to encounter toxic people online as opposed to face to face.