Most of us, if not all, who are regularly online and/or participate in discussion boards tend to develop an online persona. Some become “trolls” while others use the anonimity of the Internet to foster a new “personality” so to speak. And then there are those who are exactly the way they are online and offline with no pretense.
I have known people from real life and then saw their online personality and the two were worlds apart. I tend to be exactly the same in both ways (not that I’m saying its the best thing to be)…and I don’t mean two faced in a negative way, that someone is untrustworthy or something.
Me too! Online anonymity allows one to express what you may be otherwise too self-conscious to say. Also, in person, people generally do lehaaz and will bite their tongue rather than get into a debate/argument. Online, you’re not so vested in the people you interact with so can let loose more than usual.
My views are the same as they're online to real life
Shak you seem like you would be.....
Well.....I think you guys are talking mostly about ones views and opinions on things.....rather than personalities.
I can get that a change in personality isn't a big deal, b/c sometimes you have to change your attitude according to your surroundings, but a change in views from online to offline....now that sounds hypocritical to me.
na unfortunately my personality online is the same as in real, i get angry when somebody says something slimy online too. my flaws show through, can’t be a perfectionist online or real…it totally sux
Well.....I think you guys are talking mostly about ones views and opinions on things.....rather than personalities.
I can get that a change in personality isn't a big deal, b/c sometimes you have to change your attitude according to your surroundings, but a change in views from online to offline....now that sounds hypocritical to me.
Oh, okay. My views/personality does not change between online versus offline. Rather, how open I am about those views may change.
I am not what I am online. Online I might seem rude, I get in to fights, I take out my anger at other "nicknames" of gupshup. All of this is possible because in a way no one knows who I am. I am totally opposite offline. I don't get in to fights, I am shy, I can hardly talk, I am careful about making friends etc etc etc
From my experience, the few people who I have met from online boards tend to be somewhat more conservative in person. I'd say it's mostly due to what Sehrysh said.
I think my real-life personality is similar to my online one. A difference would be that I think I'm more silly...or more of a big kid in real life (if I'm comfortable with you)...whereas "redvelvet" projects a more serious image.
In real life I'm a six foot tall, rugby playing, fully bearded bloke. Online, I'm a dainty female.
Jokes aside, I have to reign in some aspects of my humour online due to inappropriateness. Offline, comfort level with loved ones means one can be as open as one feels.
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