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    Do you take on a different personality when on the net?

    Posts: 259
    edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
    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?

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    • Posts: 10,913 Member
      No, I'm exactly the same way.
      Actually, more annoying if you get to hear me. I can talk for hours.
    • Posts: 1,166 Member
      Not really, i'm pretty opinionated and foul tempered in person too. Actually I'm probably more restrained online.
    • Posts: 5,585 Member
      not really I am pretty much the same online as I am off
    • Posts: 20,596 Member
      Nope. Same in person. Two lazy to try and be two people.
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      Not really, I'm pretty much just as sarcastic in real life...I think the difference being that sarcasm is better understood in person when you can hear tone and see facial expressions, etc. Online, people just get butt hurt with a little sarcasm...but I don't care really, that's their problem.
    • Posts: 5,413 Member
      Nope. I'm the same no matter the setting. For better or worse.
    • Posts: 259
      Not really, I'm pretty much just as sarcastic in real life...I think the difference being that sarcasm is better understood in person when you can hear tone and see facial expressions, etc. Online, people just get butt hurt with a little sarcasm...but I don't care really, that's their problem.
      I agree with this, except im not very sarcastic in preson. I mean I wish I could be, then I'd have zero friends.
    • Posts: 1,021 Member
      nope...I am what I am....you either like me or you don't
    • Posts: 302
      More sarcastic IRL
    • Posts: 4,696 Member
      I am pretty shy in RL and much more cautious about what I say. I am still reserved online just not as much. I am much chattier online!
    • Posts: 1,053 Member
      I'm more myself online because I can hide behind a computer screen.

      I'm shy in person, but my real personality once you get to know me is similar to the one I have on here.
    • Posts: 10,913 Member
      I'm more myself online because I can hide behind a computer screen.

      I'm shy in person, but my real personality once you get to know me is similar to the one I have on here.
      So you're saying all those stories about hooters are true? Oh girl...
    • Posts: 133 Member
      No, I believe in being yourself no matter what.

      Being false only intensifies low self worth to me because your living a lie.

      It depends on your personality and self esteem though, some people feel more stronger behind their screens. And if that works for them, then fine.
    • Posts: 441 Member
      Depends on the website.
    • Posts: 4,064 Member
      Nope, I am just as sarcastic as I always am.
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    • Posts: 2,819 Member
      In real life, I can't respond to people with gifs.
    • Posts: 2,141 Member
      A little bit. On the internet, I'm very passive and nice. In person, I'm outgoing and brash. I'm more comfortable with face to face confrontation than online or over the phone. Not sure why, though.
    • Posts: 259
      No, I believe in being yourself no matter what.

      Being false only intensifies low self worth to me because your living a lie.

      It depends on your personality and self esteem though, some people feel more stronger behind their screens. And if that works for them, then fine.

      I wouldn't agree. you can be who you really are, or have "no filter" on the internet without much repercussion and avoid burning bridges of trade. I'm in a position in which I strategically have to maintain certain company, and their acquaintance is advantageous to me. My self worth is through the roof, otherwise I wouldn't be able to so.
    • Posts: 460 Member
      Nope...I'm this weird in RL. haha
    • Posts: 1,071 Member
      I'm pretty much the same, just a little quieter and more reserved in person until I get to know you. Same sense of humor and personality quirks--just a little more pronounced online.
    • Posts: 104
      I become more me when online. I find it easier to call out *kitten* when I hear it online. But also I find it easier to style my ideal self when online. I think the bottom line is to have compassion in everything I do - writing online or talking face-to-face.
    • Posts: 4,317 Member
      I am pretty much exactly the same, but I am a little more reserved with the things I say online than I am in real life.
    • Posts: 7,436 Member
      I'm more mild-mannered and more careful with my words online.... in RL I have more of a fiery temper although I try not to have.... and depending on who I'm with, I'm more sarcastic in RL.... but only with people who get London/British kind of social interacting, where taking the blatant p*** out of your friends is a form of social bonding and if your mates all started being really formal and polite with you instead of taking the p*** you'd be extremely worried and want to know what you did that upset them *THAT* much.
    • Posts: 2,141 Member
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      I wouldn't agree. you can be who you really are, or have "no filter" on the internet without much repercussion and avoid burning bridges of trade. I'm in a position in which I strategically have to maintain certain company, and their acquaintance is advantageous to me. My self worth is through the roof, otherwise I wouldn't be able to so.

      I agree with you, Huggy. It's not being fake or hiding when you're online. It all depends on the company and where you are. I've learned the very hard way that I can't be brash online and people often misread my words. I also can't read body language from words, alone.
    • Posts: 119 Member
      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.
    • Posts: 10,913 Member
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      I agree with you, Huggy. It's not being fake or hiding when you're online. It all depends on the company and where you are. I've learned the very hard way that I can't be brash online and people often misread my words. I also can't read body language from words, alone.
      -shows her warnings for being herself-
      >.>
      -cough-
      Edit: Talking about myself, btw lol.
    • Posts: 2,141 Member
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      -shows her warnings for being herself-
      >.>
      -cough-
      Edit: Talking about myself, btw lol.


      Whatcha trying to say? :laugh: :tongue:
    • Posts: 133 Member
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      I wouldn't agree. you can be who you really are, or have "no filter" on the internet without much repercussion and avoid burning bridges of trade. I'm in a position in which I strategically have to maintain certain company, and their acquaintance is advantageous to me. My self worth is through the roof, otherwise I wouldn't be able to so.



      Fair point in that respect, I think my comment was based on people who have to 'over do' there ego or personality aimed purely at there need to feel "self worth"
    • Posts: 133 Member
      I am pretty much exactly the same, but I am a little more reserved with the things I say online than I am in real life.

      I agree you have to be reserved in things you say online.
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