Ask HN: Side Effects of Living on the Internet?

The decline of the previous hierarchical system and the democratization of information and services making people of all ages kind of equal. I find myself talking to strangers on the Internet, judging them based on their thinking rather than their face and age, sex, etc. But its also kind of backfiring when relating to people in real life. Talking to people, judging them on their thinking, studying them and being open and frank to them just like the Internet. Strange. Boundaries are being shattered while making new boundaries of privacy and pseudo-anonymity. Its really strange. Have you been changed?