hey lydia. i'm always happy to reply to you, but let me know if i reply toooo much. as for your question, i feel that yes, sometimes people are different online than offline. however, they aren't different people. rather, they are just presenting different aspects of their personalities...essence...soul...passions...what have you...at least in my opinion. plus, some people are better at writing and are a little slower at thinking, so that they can express themselves better online than off.
Not inherently untrue, just possibly different than they represent themselves in "real life." Some people like this, and do it consciously, by making alternate identites for themselves, other people do it subconsciously, or simply communicate better or worse online. To say that one image is more real than the other isn't exactly true, but there certainly are people that I've liked better in one medium than the other.
I update my journal half the time because I want some sort of response, to see how rational my logic is, and I rarely get responses from people I actually care about. Including you, Mr. I Never Comment.
And in being different people online. I'm more open online. You'll never hear me say half the things in person. I can't stand eye contact or potentially devastating looks on the listener's face. I think you're not necessarily a different person (unless it's the "40 year old man pretending to be a 14 year old girl" situation), it's just easier to talk about things you normally wouldn't. Or maybe that's just me.
Yeah I gotta agree that one sided conversations are never good. But I disagree, in part, with the assertion that people are different people online. Like your other replies I've gotta agree that you may get different parts of a person online, but not a different person entirely. You, for example, are always Dave regardless of what way I'm communicating with you. What tends to make the difference with you is how commited you are to actually communicating. Because frankly, sometimes it's just way down on your priority list no matter which way we're talking. It tends to happen more online, and my theory is because if there was something important to discuss we'd pick up the phone instead. But I'm rambling. Basically, unless you're outright lying online (which some people are notorious for doing) and you always tell the truth in person (which almost never happens) it all evens out in the end.
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as for your question, i feel that yes, sometimes people are different online than offline. however, they aren't different people. rather, they are just presenting different aspects of their personalities...essence...soul...passions...what have you...at least in my opinion. plus, some people are better at writing and are a little slower at thinking, so that they can express themselves better online than off.
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Not inherently untrue, just possibly different than they represent themselves in "real life." Some people like this, and do it consciously, by making alternate identites for themselves, other people do it subconsciously, or simply communicate better or worse online. To say that one image is more real than the other isn't exactly true, but there certainly are people that I've liked better in one medium than the other.
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And in being different people online. I'm more open online. You'll never hear me say half the things in person. I can't stand eye contact or potentially devastating looks on the listener's face. I think you're not necessarily a different person (unless it's the "40 year old man pretending to be a 14 year old girl" situation), it's just easier to talk about things you normally wouldn't. Or maybe that's just me.
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