Honestly and The Internet Are you more honest on the internet than in person? People may say more CONTROVERSIAL things on the internet than in person because of the cloak of anonymity. They may sayin things they normally say because the reprocussions are not as dire. Also, they do not have see the disappointment, hurt, or disgust of another human being .. . just at most a bad smiley and some dry words. So Tell me. . . do you not sugar coat your words as much? do you exagerate more. . becuase u know folx have to take you at your word because. .. THEY DON'T KNOW YOU and can only ASSUME you are being honest. Rocket River
If you search for tenderness it isn't hard to find. You can have the love you need to live. But if you look for truthfulness You might just as well be blind. It always seems to be so hard to give. Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue. Honesty is hardly ever heard. And mostly what I need from you. I can always find someone to say they sympathize. If I wear my heart out on my sleeve. But I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies. All I want is someone to believe. Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue. Honesty is hardly ever heard. And mostly what I need from you. I can find a lover. I can find a friend. I can have security until the bitter end. Anyone can comfort me with promises again. I know, I know. When I'm deep inside of me don't be too concerned. I won't as for nothin' while I'm gone. But when I want sincerity tell me where else can I turn. Because you're the one I depend upon. Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue. Honesty is hardly ever heard. And mostly what I need from you.
I'm exactly the same. I seem friendlier in person because the written word is more difficult to emote how you are saying something.
In all honesty (pun intended), I am as truthful on here as I am in real life, however, I don't reveal as much about myself online as I do offline. Not that my opinions are only half-truth's. They are not. But, I wouldn't be honest if I said I told everybody everything. Who does?
i'm about the same. the only difference is that i'm not good in writting stuff. I'm much better in talking face to face, especially in english, so i'm m,uch smarter in person then you might think when you seee what i write. there are alot of times where i see someone asking advice and i know the perfect solution, but i just cannot put in on paper(on the pc).
I definitely feel that the Internet helps people say stuff that they normally would never say to someone's face because of the anonymity (sp?). I think in the beginning that I started posting here, I was nothing in person like I was here. But in the 4 years since then, I think I have become more similar here to what I am in person. I still have the confrontation now and then here which is something I try to avoid at all costs in person.
This is something that I've been wondering about for a long time. It seems like on the Internet many people put up a more in your face persona than they do in real life because of the anonymity of the Internet. Most of us come to things like Clutchfans BBS with now history or preconceptions since we have never seen each other in real life. So we're free to invent either an idealized persona or one that reflects aspects of our personality that we are afraid to reveal in face to face interactions. In this way we are either less honest since this is what we want to be compared to what we are or more honest since this is what we really are and in face to face interactions we hide it so we don't come off as rude or get into fistfights. OTOH I'm also curious about people who reveal intimate personal details about their life on the internet. Does the anonymity make people feel safer to reveal to strangers things they wouldn't reveal to friends and family they deal with face to face?
Do you feel that your online persona has become more like your real life persona or that your real life persona has become more like your online one?
The first one - for some reason, I felt that I needed a "gimmick" when I first started posting here. I guess I felt the need for attention.
Sometimes I do wonder how many people are "inventing personas" - I know it's been done. I might have done that when I was, say, 13 years old, just to try to be who I wanted to be (though I wouldn't have lied about stuff). But I don't do that now. I'm just myself here, like everywhere else. In terms of the personal details - the Internet is good for anonymous feedback (of course, not as well-informed feedback), and, more importantly, you can use it when it wouldn't be pleasant or easy to tell your friends and family. "Hey... umm, guess what I did... OK, first I have to explain that... really, it's not as bad as it sounds..." By this point, in real life, I would be saying... "never mind. Nothing. I'm just sleep-deprived. So... ummm... how about those Rockets?" I don't like confrontation here or elsewhere. That's why I mostly stay out of the D&D. Usually I theorize that, if someone does get upset at me on a bbs, I can walk away and it won't matter. But I still try to avoid it. Also, people aren't as nice to you as they would be in person, usually, for the same reason. I never would have thought a bbs would make me cry, but it has... there are still human beings behind these posters, try to remember that...
HA! The answer totals look like a big-huge "middle finger BIRD" thingie. I'll say "I'm about the same" just so I can show a HUGE middle finger sign on the answers. It's true AND "[gun-sign tsk!] Hey, 'cuz it's you. ". - Simon
I was in a terrible plain crash, my entire family was killed and I'm a vegetable. I'll see ya tomorrow.
One thing I can say is that I am much better in person with people, particularly when it comes to dating, relationships and/or friendships. I think that you can be alot more subtle in person and online you have to have the subtlety of a sledgehammer just to get anyone to notice.
I'm very shy in person and therefore nowhere near as "talkative" as on here. As for delivery, I try to be as polite as possible but sometimes I feel my posts come off as more confrontational than I'd like them to.
