Caitlin Moran Quotes

Particularly on social media, there is that level of detachment, some people feel like they can say whatever pops in their head .

My feeling is, Twitter's free. If people want to have a political discourse with me on Twitter, and they disagree with me, I've got all the time in the world for that. It's when it gets nasty that I have problems.

Now, admittedly, Twitter can be entertaining on occasion, as it turns out that 140 characters offers a great chance to be misunderstood - and an even greater chance one will expose his inner troglodyte.

It only takes 140 characters to toss one's character out the window.

I just think the Internet has made us ruder.

Honestly, people are pretty chill and respectful on Twitter.

If I was on Twitter, I'd probably get in trouble pretty quickly.

I used to cuss in my tweets, and now I don't.

I assume people know how to hit the unfollow.

If I've learned anything from social media, it's truly that the most irrelevant people always say the most absurd stuff.

Social media, to me, has got out of hand. Why can't we all be nice to each other?

Before Twitter, if comedians wrote what they had for lunch on a Post-it and put it through your letterbox you wouldn't find it acceptable - but now apparently it is on Twitter.

You see idiots on the net but on TV you can't really find them.

My thing is, if you're going to talk online, if you're going to come at me with a certain energy, when you see me on-site, keep that certain energy. That's it. That's it. That's all I am.

There's plenty of rude stuff online. People say things online that they would be ashamed to say face to face. If people could treat others as though they were speaking face to face, that would be huge.

I'm always fascinated when people say, "We found rude conversations people had via e-mail." Why are you e-mailing this stuff? It has your signature on it! It has a time stamp!

All the old rules - if you say some crazy stuff you get your show canceled or you get your campaign ended - don't apply in the world of social media. They don't apply in the world of reality TV.

There's a negative connotation to internet trolls, but at the same time this is becoming mainstream. This kind of speech pattern, the way people speak, this is common on the internet.

When it comes to people who are saying really extreme things online, we have the tendency to think that they are just kooks, or that you shouldn't pay attention to them, you shouldn't take them seriously.

Social media sometimes feels like a vehicle for one-dimensional sniping, more than true criticism.

I don't mind opinions, because you like something or you don't like something, but to say things about your personal life? I'm like, "Man, let me quit reading this. 'Cause I'll stab everybody."

E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being.

The language of digital communication is a language we don't understand in a way. People say the internet is like the Wild West in that it's lawless and we haven't worked out how to make it structured or moral.

There is a big difference between tweeting to your friend about something that is happening and having a real personal relationship with people.

Twitter has allowed the conversation to broaden and become more inclusive. At times, the conversation is really tense but that's because we're talking about really important issues. It's not going to be easy but at least the conversations are happening.