When you communicate over the computer, all you see is the screen. You can t see the facial expressions, gestures, or tone of voice of the person you are talking to. Therefore, communication is only by typed words. Everyone types, spells, and communicates in words differently. So when someone writes to you, it is very easy to misinterpret the meaning of what they are saying.
People also lose the focus of whom they are talking to.
Since you can t see the other person s face, it makes it harder to see their reaction to your words. This makes it easier to say and do things to people you wouldn t normally do because you can t see how they will react. Remember that when saying things online, word them carefully, because as you sometimes read things wrong, so does the other person. Be careful how you word things to eliminate confusion. Thinking about how something would affect you helps you judge whether it is right or wrong to have it happen to someone else.