Do you take on a different personality when on the net?
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Possibly a bit moreover about insecurities if ever necessary. I don't do that in 'real life'0
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100% same guy.0
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I'm pretty much the same. Quiet and shy when I first meet you, but once I get to know you a little, I am wide open, love to have fun and joke and be silly...oh and be a perv. Yep, same person on the interwebz and in real life.0
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Same person, positive, optimistic, encouraging, free spirited, sultry if the occasion calls for that. As in real life I MAKE an effort to hold the judgement of others. People will always live their life the way they want, regardless of others opinion, I am not about to waste mine judging theirs .0
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Who would admit to it, even if they did? I mean, really.
I don't. But people react to me differently. I'm concise in my speech and very sarcastic IRL, but on the internet I can't always convey my tone, and people get mad thinking I'm being a jerk. So I have to overuse smileys.0 -
I feel free to say way more in online forums than I do in public. I am far more shy in person than online, and much more friendly.
Are you more outgoing when online, almost to the point of being the polar opposite of yourself in public?
In for this one. I am Sybil on the internet.
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Who would admit to it, even if they did? I mean, really.
I don't. But people react to me differently. I'm concise in my speech and very sarcastic IRL, but on the internet I can't always convey my tone, and people get mad thinking I'm being a jerk. So I have to overuse smileys.
Quite a few people have admitted to it at least to some degree0 -
I used to as a younger teenager but now I think it's the same. I learnt to speak my thoughts in real life too.0
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Nope. If anything I am a lot less blunt in RL.0
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I wouldn't say I take on a different personality, I'm just more comfortable and open. In real life, I'm a person who is very nervous around people, especially crowds, so I can come across as shy (or *****y, it can be taken different ways) or flaky. Online, the anxiety is removed so I'm more at ease.0
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Speak my mind regardless if its online or in person.0
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No, I'm pretty much the same personality wise but I am a bit more shy in person than online.0
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I'm a lot more outgoing online and a hell of a lot more flirty, in person I hide behind my fatness and, unless I'm with my friends, I'm very shy.0
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Interesting question and responses! Since life doesn't unfold in a series of pictures and polarized responses, I call BS on people who say they are the same in RL. However, I think you can get a strong, and very accurate perception of people online. In some ways, even more real than what you may see at, say, the office. That is why so many people meet love successfully on chat sites.
Whether in person, or here, we are all only exposing what we think the world wants - even if it's sarcasm, strong opinions, or sweet talk. In turn, we read between those lines to form relationships.0 -
ChristinWrites wrote: »I find expressing myself in writing to be much easier than having a conversation many times, so in that respect perhaps. However, I tend to be very honest about what I think regardless, tactful, but honest.
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tonydevolani wrote: »im the same perfect man
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I'm the same but there is a spectrum from "I'd never say that in public" to "sure I'll say that". Those extremes stay the same for me but the gray area in the middle, I tip to the "sure I'll say that" side more often than in real life.0
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I'm pretty much the same, except I'm slightly less flirty in person than I am online. Unless I've had a drink or two lol0
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I am exactly the same. What you see is what you get!0
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