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View submission: How awful did people talk pre-social media?
You were basically your word.
What you said represented who you were and you'd have to stand by it.
Because there was no anonymity.
Face-to-face communication also meant you would see the effects of your words immediately.
I'm not saying there were no assholes but you knew who they were and they would be held socially (and sometimes physically) accountable.
There's nothing here!