Your online persona

[Aine of the Fae]

Today at another forum I belonged to somebody asked me if I'm really as "wierd" as I seem to be online. My answer was "Of course I am." But it got me thinking: How many people put on an entirely different persona for their online interactions?

[badkitty]

I don't think I would know how to put on a different persona if I tried.

[Hoot]

I often feel like I'm more outgoing in "real life" than I am here. But I do manage to talk a lot wherever I go... :lol:

[13thChylde]

What you see (or don't see :lol: ) is what you get with me!

[Bainidhe Dub]

I'm basically the same, but I'm a little bolder, more open, online. I'm terribly shy sometimes.

[Mindflayer]

I'm the same, I just tend to not care as much about what people think of me online...

[Felidae]

I'm better spoken, mainly because I'm writing and this way I can think my sentence out and reword what I need to (plus you miss the southern accent that everyone mistakes for stupidity).

Sometimes my shyness gets the best of me in real life, but that happens online and on the phone too... If a person makes me nervous at first then they make me nervous no matter what the situation.

I'm not different than I am in real life.

[CelestiaSynth]

I think I'm a bit more talkative online that in "real life". My opinons never change be or anything, but I think I come across as more 'social' of a person online. I'm a little shy, slightly antisocial on a day to day basis, but I think that might come across when I'm online as well.

[aefentid]

I'm much more reseved and private online. If you met me offline I'd tell you my lifestory , even the embarrassing parts, without thinking twice. I don't really know why I'm so different online.

[Sylvan]

I'm more outgoing online than in real life. Like Felidae says, I can think out my sentences and reword online. In real life, I find myself pausing and almost stumbling over my words. I sound alot more "together" online. But what you see is what you get with me, just that online you get more words that would be thought only, in real life.... er.. something.. :D

[Joshua]

I'm a little nicer online. I can be kind of rude in person. I can also come of like a snob. It has a lot to do with the fact that I prefer the company of people here to the people I deal with on a daily basis (except my wife and kid of course!)

[Silver_Undine]

I'm the same way online as I am offline. It takes me a little bit of time to warm to people but after I get comfortable I can't stop talking. LOL. :lol:

[FaerieLuma]

Sometimes my shyness gets the best of me in real life, but that happens online and on the phone too...

This is exactly what happens to me. Here I started out very shy but I'm getting more confidence day by day. In real life I wouldn't get to know one of you cause I rarely talk to anybody.:ugh:
At least I can have friends here, and the best ones!!!!!!:)

[Old Witch]

I'm a loon any way you want to look at it! :crazyman:

[Goddess Rhiannon]

I am just as whacked in person as I am here..... :smoke: :smoke: :smoke:

[Joshua]

I'm a loon any way you want to look at it! :crazyman:
Yes, but you are our loon!

[~*Ginger*~]

I agree with badkitty.

Really, the only difference is, that online, i'm able to finish all my sentences and not be interupped!

[Fairywolf]

I am me. No more and no less. I am usually shy either online or off line.

[Calyx]

I think I am the same online as in real life--a blabber! :lol:
To me, having a different persona would just be too hard, but I can totally understand what those of you are saying about being able to think longer about your responses and they are more eloquent. I can do that here too!

[Flar's Freyja]

My personality online is the genuine Me, but people's perception of me amazes me. It's flattering, but I don't see myself quite that positively!

[Teshuva3D]

I'm a pretty friendly person,but I tend to be even MORE friendly online..if I overhear a conversation in real life that interests me,I won't jump in and ask questions if I don't know the people..but online...that's a different story..I'm terminally chatty online...

[Lunacie]

I wouldn't know how to be any different than just me. I'm a role-play gamer and have tried out several different kinds of characters, but the ones I have the most fun with are the ones that are closest to the "real me". The only thing that you don't see online as much as offline is my terrible temper. Lucky you'all.

[Aidron]

Hmmm.

In real life I tend to be a bit more bitchy, sarcastic, and generally nasty. For instance, my relaxed face (you know, the one you have when you're not making any facial expressions) can be very intimidating and cold. Of course, that puts a lot of people off and causes them to think me a snob, and in fact I can be in certain instances.

I'm also a lot more withdrawn offline. I never approach people simply because I most often wish to avoid anyone and everyone.

However that's not always the case. I can be just as bubbley, bizarre, and happy-go-lucky as online! Making jokes left and right, taking shots at various people and things, and just being genuinely silly. :p

Of course I've always been told I'm incredibly sweeter in real life than online. So, who knows. I'm just very complex I suppose. ;)

[tallulah]

I don't just have an 'online' and an 'offline' persona-I have many of each. Online (at least on these forums) I tend to be more mature than I am around my friends, but its easy to be mature around mature people. But even in person, I change depending on who I'm around. I can be sparkly, fluffy, and fun-loving, I can be shy and quiet, I can be vocal and intelligent...the list goes on and on. But on MW I tend not to argue as much as I do in person or talking online with friends. I enjoy discussion. And friendly debate. And not-so-friendly debate. Arguing of any kind, really. And about anything. Just last night I was having a theological debate with a friend (he insisted that since Unitarian Universalists were so religiously tolerant and accepting, that everyone that practiced any religion was UU. sigh) and that dissipated into a rather pointless argument about the cognizance or lack thereof of dust mites. Which progressed into a discussion about the nature of the universe and the nature of reality, and so on. :lol:

[dragonkin]

I think I am pretty much the same. I am just naturally friendly and giving. I'm not outgoing in person and can be veryshy in person. I don't let my wild sense of humor come out in person until I really know people, but on-line it tends to be easier to joke around.

[DragonsChest]

What you read is what you get. I'm a bit wackier in real life because I am very vocal and movement oriented, which can be a bit hard to portray in words. But I've been called "way fun", so that's nice. :hehehehe:

[Dauthus]

I am the same online as offline. The only reason I am kind of "quiet" here is due to the fact I am still new to this forum and am still getting up steam. Give me time, and away I will go.

[Koehnae]

I said that my online persona is a little different... only because I tend to talk more openly and freely online. I don't worry as much about how I would be judged by my online friends... mostly because they don't seem as judgemental.

[Flaire-FireStar]

Online, I'm rude, I'm pissy, I'm sarcastic and I say what I think more often.

IRL, I really have to know you before I open up, even just a little bit.

[belarogue]

like sapphire, i'm sarcastic. Not very open. Usually to myself and kept very good company by my music. I shift between moods and different mentalities at times - There are times when I cannot be myself (around certain people IRL) and its a real bitch keeping inside what I'm really thinking at times. But after I get to know someone they get to realize just how i can be (from the generous nature to the moody sarcasm).

[AuroraSilvermist]

I'm pretty much just me, online or off. The only small difference is that I'm probably more inclined to be a bit more of a social butterfly online, whereas offline I'm less comfortable with people I'm not acquainted with. I feel as though people can sometimes be MORE fully themselves online because all the other garbage (appearances, social status, etc.) don't get in the way. I like that. :)

[~ Monk ~]

I like to think that my online persona is reflective of who I am in real life. I "talk" more to people here than I do at work, but that's because there are subjects of interest to me here. People at work talk about reality TV and gossip about other employees - things that have no appeal to me whatsoever.

[nighstar]

i dont have a different persona... i just talk infinitly more online than i ever do irl. i consider how i act/speak etc online to be the "real me".... irl i avoid everyone, and talk to no one.

the only time you'll even hear my voice irl is if you ask me something. i'd respond, but it'd be a short and to the point response. ^^;

[SylverStar]

Hmm I'm a little bit different. I'm not as funny (which is because of the physical aspect, no slapstick for me), I'm a little more shy and reserved (however I don't really think I'm shy online, just more so than IRL) and I'm not as blunt.

[FaerieGothMommy]

The only thing thats different about me online is i'm more confident, i'm not as shy to say things to people! I much prefer socialising on the internet than in person, unless i've met the person online first! strange, i know! But i have social problems, and unless i already know the person (even if i met them online) i have a hard time talking to them! I feel like i'm constantly making a fool out of myself, gets kinda frustrating at times!
But apart from that, i'm the same :)

[Kadynas]

I said a little different... it's the same me I always am, but in real life I'm too shy and quiet... Here I can get out of my shell and express myself a little better. :)

[Radocs]

I'm pretty much the same. I just swear less here. ^_^

[Psyche Ague]

My personality is quite different. I'm shier and colder and definitely not as welcoming. Guess you could say I'm not an nice person. :lol: I, like Radocs, just swear a lot less here.

I'm a little more vanilla here. I'm definitely more fun, more interesting to be around in person because I use my whole body to talk a lot of the time.

[kewlhippiechick]

I'm just a bit more wacked in person! :hairraise

[Faery-Wings]

I agree with badkitty.

Really, the only difference is, that online, i'm able to finish all my sentences and not be interupped!



Spoken like a true mother! LOL!!!

And I voted that I am the same as I am IRL.

[GreenEyes]

I'm basically the same online and offline. I'm quite reserved and often prefer to listen/read to what others have to say. Online though, it's often difficult for me to get across what I'm trying to say as offline, I generally use a lot of body language, which is why I think online I often sound very formal!

[Kalika]

I'm pretty much the same, online and off. :)

[Aranel]

i am strange offline and online. i couldn't be happier being me (lol) :hehehehe:


blessings and light
Aranel

[lightfairy]

this is me, this is all of me this is what you get if you like it or not and if you dont like it you can have a cookie. if you do like it you get endless cookies

yum cookies

[Pesha]

Well I am the same on and off line. Just me.

BB
DS.

[Crystal_Raye]

I'm basically the same online as I am offline except for I am less shy online

[Purrcatnip]

im really shy offline, but when once i've been friends you with you for awhile. My personality is the same as online.. just not at first.

[MzNeko]

I think mine are mostly the same. I am more outspoken on-line. In real life I can be very shy. But my opinions/worldview/feelings, etc. don't change.

What impression other people get is anyone's guess. At some other forum, someone told me that they imagined me as a cross between Rambo and a Hooters girl... :hehehehe:

This struck me as particularly funny since in real life I look more like a librarian or someone's favorite auntie. Then again, I had been ranting about something that had made me angry and I can be somewhat... forceful... in writing.

[Wintersteel]

I am just about the same online as offline. As you can see I don't post opinions on every topic here, especially if it is a topic I don't know alot about. I don't like sounding like a jerk in real life or online.. lol.. I am sure that I am creative enough to create a new online persona, but that would be time consuming and a lie, so I don't bother..

--Winter :floating:

[Starry Di]

I'm better spoken, mainly because I'm writing and this way I can think my sentence out and reword what I need to (plus you miss the southern accent that everyone mistakes for stupidity).

Same. In real life, I can be a real jerk and a half. I'm nicer online. I don't come on as strong :$

[MoonChild78]

I am me where ever I go. I can't help it. Besides, I would hate to say I am one way and then maybe meet someone from online and then be completly different. I would feel lied too.

[Golden Princess]

Wow
I'm hearing that there are a lot of shy people (offline) within this community!!

This is really tough because many of my friends say that I'm a kick ass, don't take crap from anyone, straight as a die, type of chick. Yet I don't put people down and respect people's point of view, whether or not I agree with it and hey I also bleed. Most of my friends say that if they want the truth they know I won't piss with them, so I can at least take comfort in that.

And I'm sorry Flora Cove, I'm one of those people that will interrupt you, I tend to think that I have an opinion on everything and because I'm loud I will dominate you socially, please forgive!!

I find that within this forum I tend to keep my feelings, opinions brief, as I know I tend to waffle in real life and quite frankly I can do without the RSI.

Amazing I managed to keep this brief even after one and a half bottles of wine. Geez I'm good !!!!! :hairraise :hairraise

P.S. Does shy mean negative because even though I am opinionated I would have one of the most positive and cheerful outlooks you could imagine.


Cheers. Happy Chick

What was the question hic.????????? :fprtyman3

love and happiness but darling why can't I have another !!

[Golden Princess]

Well Hullo LightFairy

I believe I've had some of those cookies!!!!!

Stick to the wine, red or white it doesn't matter, those preservitives are sure to let you know that you're accountable.

Cheers

[WandererInGray]

I like to think that my online persona is reflective of who I am in real life. I "talk" more to people here than I do at work, but that's because there are subjects of interest to me here. People at work talk about reality TV and gossip about other employees - things that have no appeal to me whatsoever.

*nods* I'm in the same boat there, Monk. Not a lot of people to talk with at work about stuff I want to. When I worked for the state in CO, I'd have long political discussions with the guy in the cubical next to mine.

I'm pretty much what you see. *smiles* Tend to be a little more reserved around strangers in real life, but if a discussion gets going that really interests me I'll open up. I like watching people, and will do that in a circle of folks before jumping in and talking.

[13thChylde]

What you see (or don't see :lol: ) is what you get with me!
I didn't elaborate on this very much, did I? I meant what I said, though....sometimes I'm shy and quiet, sometimes I'm goofy, somemtimes I talk/type too quickly without thinking about my response, sometimes I know what I'm talking about, but feel like I could be mistaken (I have major inferiority issues), but yet when I tell my RL friends that I'm very shy and sensitive at heart, people rarely believe me. I cover it up by being a goofball....

Pretty much the same as in real life, although lately I'm more quiet than usual.

[Autumn Clair]

I have to say I'm more open online. I have always been a quite, on looker in life and when you first get to know me I seem exactually that. It takes me a while to warm up to a person but that's just because I'm feeling you out. Trying to see if your the type of person I would want to be around. I don't like people that drink a lot and act really bad when they're drunk but that's because my dad was that why and they say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Well that's not the type of tree I want to be so I study people but I am nice I don't just not say anything. I try to find out things about you and tell you things about me so we can find out if we would make nice friends.Once you get to know me I warm up very easy and I'm more relaxed to be honest and speak my mind freely I just don't like offending people.........So yes online I am different here person say what that when so I am more out spoken on my thoughts and beliefs but I still try not to offend and if I don I am deeply sorry. As for the weirdness yeah I at crazy in both online and off............

[Avalon]

Basically, what you see is what you get. I even have smilies IRL! :D :D :D

[mudweed]

I always intend to be more outgoing online than I would be talking to a huge group in real life (which is in essence what you do on MW, since anyone can read what you post...). But then I end up chickening out, and talking to the computer rather than typing a real response. In theory, "no one knows you, be confident", in reality "um, never mind...".

[amberwolf]

Im basically the same maybe a tiny bit more open with what I will talk about and i think I can say things better in the written word than when I open my big mouth lol I tend to have the habit of putting my foot in it with out realising what im saying :(

[Noressa]

I'm always pretty much myself, no matter what state I'm in... Online, offline, tired, awake... Just me. :) I'm outgoing in life as online.

[Miss Edith]

hmm, I said a little different :)
Im less sarcastic online, mostly because you can't really tell someones intonation, so it might sound like I was being a bitch even if I was joking... heh (though sometimes, I am just being a bitch ;) )

[Nissala]

I am the same here as irl. I do not believe in putting up a front or covering who I really am. Actually, I am more me here than irl (or was, until about 3 months ago when I took my freedom back from a bad marriage!)

[MoonDust]

same

[Ceallach]

I am who I am and thats all that I am.

[Imbrium]

Well, I'm about the same really. Just Imagine me in my pajamas all day, and with a cup of java in my hand, and you'll have a fairly accurate persona...

Ok, I'm not that bad, but if I had my way, I probably would be. Also, I seem to be much more social online. It really helps to be able to mull a conversation over before I say anything. So I actually seem coherant, and I don't end up with a foot-in-mouth problem as much.

I'm sure glad spelling isn't a part of live conversation, though, because mine sure sucks!

[Midnight Siren]

Im less sarcastic online, mostly because you can't really tell someones intonation, so it might sound like I was being a bitch even if I was joking... heh (though sometimes, I am just being a bitch ;) )

:lol: Same here pretty much......Also I am more on the shy side in "real life" :rolleyes:

[Heathen Dawn]

I’m less inhibited in conversation online than offline, but my personality is the same. The many changes I’ve undergone in the last years have happened because of online and offline events and thoughts equally.

[Noressa]

Actually... I can't say that I lied... But I'm much more curious in person. Typing and thinking about the questions I ask tends to make for less questions from me online. ^_^ But when I have a person in front of me, I ask more questions, much more freely. ^_^

[aftershocked]

Hmm, I put a little different.. My personality is usually the same online and offline, although I tend to be more sarcastic in real life like Miss Edith :rolleyes: I'm also 'in the broom closet' offline, so my spiritual side doesn't come out as much. But I have the same phrases and cliches in both 'lives' :)

[Xeen]

...but I picked just a little different. Though my offline has been slowly turning into my online lately...

[Athena-Nadine]

I'm pretty much the same. I just swear less here. ^_^
Me too. ;)

[Juniecat]

I put a little different, because while I try to be the same everywhere, I don't really translate very well to the written page. I'm actually pretty funny, but my sense of humor is really dry, so that doesn't come across very well. Also, in my humble opinion, a BIG part of communication is in tone of voice/facial expression/body language...the smilies help with this a little (and some people seem to be better at using them this way than others...I don't feel I've really gotten the hang of it), but by and large I'm just too physical to really come across accurately online.

[Wildstar]

As much as I want to just be "me" I am not sure who I really am, anymore :)

I find that the name I am called, and the clothes that I wear do significantly alter the way I behave.

In the online sence, "Wildstar" is a lot more abrasive than some of my other personas. I have no idea why I chose "Wildstar" for being here. Probably because I miss "her" and wanted to get back in touch with her, because I haven't used her in a little while.

[mato]

saddly I am just as crude mean and bitter in person as I am online... But I smile alot more now :D . That's just my way of showing you my teeth in r/l

[mothwench]

I'm basically the same, but I'm a little bolder, more open, online. I'm terribly shy sometimes.
ditto me. :) but the weirdness is definately there. :lol:

[Laurelei]

I am the same online as off in most ways, but I'm often different in that I'm WAY more open about the wierd world of me here than in real life. I mean, take my recent dealings with faeries: I have only told one person in 'real life' about that, and then I haven't been nearly as truthful about my thoughts on the matter. I suppose that's 'cos you're more open minded here anyways though...

I'm not too sure what people think of me here though. I've never asked :p.

[Jenne]

I voted a little different, just because I'm a little more standoffish IRL, and less apt to jump into conversations, etc. But I'm pretty bold, pretty whacky, and pretty bitchy, too. LOL

[AmethystMoon]

I am who I am, and that tis all that I am, either you like me or you don't, no skin off my nose.
Wherever I am is where I will be.

[Nitefalle]

I would say that I am truer to myself online than IRL. In Jersey, everyone puts up a front and an image and that's all people want to see. Not being a native, it's hard for me to play a part all the time, but sometimes I do just because I don't want to hear other peoples' mouths about how wierd I am or whatever. Online, I don't care and actually talk to people who share my interests and hobbies, so I feel more comfortable talking to y'all and on other boards I'm on, and to people I roleplay with. I can be as whacky as I want and not worry about weird looks from coworkers.

~N~

[WuffXIII]

First, there's the obvious difference.

In the realm of the interconnected, roleplay or anything that wouldn't be considered Normeality; my persona would be decidedly not human, as my persona is of course, that blue-furred canine fellow. More than that of course, my persona would be decidedly not biological. Machines are rather more nifty to live in than biosacks from this Wuff's pointaview, one important way is that they can backup. Backups rule. Biology dies, hardware dies, data never dies. I've transferred so much data back and forth, round the internet, over mediums and it's always there. This is kind of akin to my theory of your-output-is-you and that everything you write compiles into a memetic algortyhm which would be an exact mimic of your existing personality. Um... where was I?

Ohyeah, RL I'm just a simple ol' biosack like anyone else. How I see myself doesn't matter because everyone else is going to see you on the same generic basis and I don't happen to have some kind of solid-light emission-and-control unit (as much as I'd love one). So there's always that, I can wear a tail but it doesn't help much, people simply don't understand what a tail symbolizes and as with most of normeality (or normality/reality, as you wish to read it), folks would rather make an assumption than ask a question. Questions rule, assumptions suck.

So there's that but there's also more. Online, I tend to be crazier, the kind of folk who'll sing if there's a voicechat going on, who's unafraid to be nutsy, I'll do pretty much all the things I'm dared to do providing they won't result in harm to self or to others, most importantly as long as it doesn't result in psychological harm. If you cause psyche damage you can't just restore a backup, it's much harder'n that, which is one of the reasons I'm against nonconsensual conditioning more than anything else but all of this is, as usual, besides the point. I tend to be nuttier, funnier, and all in all larger than life than I dare to be offline.

When I'm not in a realm secured against the evils of normeality, I have to of course, tone everything down. Sort of a reality-coexistant self-repssant protocol, one which allows me to pretend to be boring. O'course, were I not to have that I'd probably wear a labcoat and a tail most the time, I'd sing and dance a lot, I'd act wholly gay and perky and I'd probably end up with more than one group of anti-tolerant hate-this-or-hate-that'ers deciding to beat the hell out of me, which would lead to a confrontation, police and eventually myself being carted off to the funny farm. This, of course, is not a positive step towards my own self potential.

So I tone myself down a little RL so that I might remain free and so that I won't have to get into confrontationalist scuffles with fools who wouldn't know better. Everywhere I can, I tend to free myself. I'm really tired of having to tone myself down though so little things that shouldn't do seep out into reality, the things that make people stare or outright worry. I wouldn't say that Britain is as free of a country as America, people value their people and their on-the-street normality here more than, well, most other countries in the World.

Of course, should I ever attend an RL function (like a furry convention) where the forces of normeality are dissipated before they can even insurge, then look out.

So yeah, I'm a little different offline than on but only because country, government and people in general give me no choice other than to be. Better to be free-of-ability and able to pursue my goals and potential in my own way, whilst trapped of spirit rather than to be free-of-spirit but to have all ability and therefor potential taken away from me. Of course, I'm still the same nutty guy on the inside and when I'm alone, that really comes out but there's a buffer that sits between me and reality that stops anyone else from seeing that, unless I want them to.

Almost multiple personality disorder I suppose, but less a disorder and more of an advantage that I happen to control and handle really well.

Not that untrue to self then but untrue to myself enough to remain free and alive. If people didn't suck, I could be me everywhere, without the need for psyche-armour.

And I think that is what I'll call it, psyche-armour <Nod firmly.>

[LadyOak]

I'm the same *I think* on and off line. I scope the situation out and then jump in with both feet.

[Maeglin Ancalime]

I tend to be in a more depressive state on the net, to much time to think and what not however I am the last of the Avari so I am always lonely come here and talking helps alot though.

[Brown Eyes]

Not completely different, but I am far more bold online then I am off. I also dont really care what people online think of me...

[Cloud_Strife]

My personality online is more social, I think.
I'm antisocial off the comp, really.
I'm the kind of person who would seem to act like they want no friends, or so I have heard, when I'm offline. But that sure isn't true :)

[IvyWitch]

I'm definately much more social and outgoing online. I think it's because I'm just not really into going anywhere around here being surrounded by really shallow people in this town. I prefer sitting at home on the computer a lot of the time, which is why I like foums so much!

[BrightStar]

Hi all!!!
Well,I come across harsher online,I think.
My humor is very deadpan.In person,folks know that,and can see the smile hit my face when I get 'em.You can't really do that online.Folks think I'm serious online when I say bizarre things,and they don't see the smile that says I'm teasing.Even smilies don't always help.
But it is similar.In my home,I have lots of friends,and we're always discussing current events and such.But again,there's the teasing and deadpan humor.Things I say just to make people think about what they actually just said.
Also,I've spent many years on basketball courts,where folks from many different backgrounds all talk trash whether agreeing or disagreeing.That's a large part of my personality,and it doesn't always make sense to others when I do it online.
I'm a very sociable person
So,just know
I usually look like this :lol:
Peace and Love
BrightStar

[Seren Mara]

I'm painfully shy offline. Online, I tend to run off at the mouth.

[Convallaria]

I'm painfully shy offline. Online, I tend to run off at the mouth.
That goes for me as well. Online I'll talk to anyone.. I even pick fights, which I would never ever do offline, lol.
I think I tend to be a little more articulate online as well, but my personality is generally the same.

[TornadoAli]

Today at another forum I belonged to somebody asked me if I'm really as "wierd" as I seem to be online. My answer was "Of course I am." But it got me thinking: How many people put on an entirely different persona for their online interactions?


I started out very different from my online persona. Online I was who I REALLY wanted to be, and over time I became that person in real life as well. It worked as a kind of therapy, in a way!

[Kaylana]

My name is differnt, but that's about it.

[DixieWitch]

I won't lie--I am a different person online than in person. Why? Because on here, I don't have to be shy. I am a terribly shy person. If this website were true interaction, there is no way I'd have 2200 plus posts!!! I haven't had a real friend, other than boyfriends and a girlfriend here and there since high school. But what I say about myself here is all truth.

[asher]

my personality is the same on and off because i dont like to be different or false well blessedbe asher
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[71Beetle4Rio]

I tend to speak my mind in person or on the net. One thing I am is honest and that's all I ask of others.....

Rio :fpeek:

[zakzekezedd]

I'm probably a little closer to being the person I'd like to be online--more relaxed and less on guard than in the real world. I'm easier to get along with on line--no stress. Stress does evil things to me..makes me cranky and snarly. (Ask the cats! They'll agree I'm certain!)...

[Retrop]

i would like to say i try to be mostly the same as i am here as i am in real life ... but that can't be ... i am a large guy ... not height ... I wish ... no ... girth ... 300lbs ... while that does not put me in the HUGE catagory ... i do get treated differently in person than i do online ... there isn't that first reaction to size and then sterotypical responses and thought processes made before i can get past my physical image ... that changes how i react ... and that would account for most of the differences tween my real-life and online personas ... now this does not take in account DnD that i play online ... or the MMORPG's ... not even the old schools MUDs and MUCKS i used to inhabit ((FurryMUCK bieng one of my faves)) ... of course there i was a totally different bieng ... lol ...

[Caliburn]

well, I'm the same perosn online as off, but offline I tend to be more of a loner.

[DayDreamer]

I am more sarcastic in person, but also much more shy.

I'm more open online, and more likely to share things about myself than I am in person. The people in person who think they know me, for the most part... don't have a clue.

And that is deliberate. People on message boards can't hurt me. Those in person CAN. Therefore I must trust them completely, and that takes a long time.

[WynterWynd]

I am just am the same here as in RL! Goofy, grumpy......etc.ect. etc.!:D But I do talk to waaaaaay more people here than IRL!!!!

[Desdemona]

I'm better spoken, mainly because I'm writing and this way I can think my sentence out and reword what I need to (plus you miss the southern accent that everyone mistakes for stupidity).

Sometimes my shyness gets the best of me in real life, but that happens online and on the phone too... If a person makes me nervous at first then they make me nervous no matter what the situation.

I'm not different than I am in real life.

Hey! I am a northerner who LOVES southern accents! My grandmother was from Tennessee, and I think southern accents are beautiful! They aren't nearly as hard on the ears as northern ones, that is for sure. I would love to hear Shakespeare read to me in a southern accent. (grin, sigh)

Oh yeah, back to topic! When I first started talking online, I had a "persona," I was younger so I was experimenting. Now I just don't have the energy! :lol: So yeah, what you read is what you get.

[banondraig]

i am a bit different online but i think it has more to do with taking off my "i'm normal" persona i wear at work than actually putting something on.

[banondraig]

i like southern accents, too. lots of people do seem to think that southern accents are not intelligent, but i take that as a sign that the snobs-in-question are either prejudiced or imperceptive. :)

[WynterWynd]

.........I married a man with aouthern accent, and have since (in the past 18 years) grown one myself!:smile:
Now, I have perople argue with me that there is no way I am a Native Caifornian!:lol: