Quote Originally Posted by MukkTB View Post
There's more motivation to keep a party working if you are there in person. Finding people can be a pain. And the local community is small so you can get a bad reputation pretty quick.

On the other hand the internet means that you can be an anonymous pain and never really have a problem finding a group. The player motivation isn't really there.
This is certainly true, but I also think that on the internet it is easier for everyone to be the "alpha nerd" mentioned earlier. While in person they might not be bold, controlling people, on the internet everyone becomes self-confident and controlling. Thus these conflicts arise more often in the presence of all self-styled leaders.