Without getting too deep into identity philosophy right now, I'd like to ask people here a simple question. When in real life, do you act the same as you do on an anonymous internet board? And why or why not?
I like your ID, ``PUt JOB iq'' hehe
I don't "act" on an anonymous message board, I write.
So no.
I think I write similarly to when my name is attached, except on here I'm even less concerned about offending people :)
>>3 About the same here.
I write the same way, I express the same ideals, I hold the same beliefs, I just don't care if I offend anybody.
Infact, I generally don't care about offending anyone in person, I just tend to speak a little bit more politely then I would speak/write anonymously, for the sake of avoiding bitchy whinefests.
>>3
Er... well I ment 'act' as way of treating other people and expressing your feelings on the net. Sorry for the confusion :(
initially i experimented with identity online, now on/offline me are similar. the experimentation led to changes in my offline, changes in my offline led to settling down in the online.
i like these philosophical posts.
I talk a lot more in real life than I do online, and I'm sure more people think of me as an eccentric in real life, while on the internet I mostly just read.
I'm exactly like I am on the Internets, this causes confusion with people when I have the rare chance of interacting.
What scares me is that people on 4chan and 7chan's /b/ could actually be as bad as they display that they are.
Me? Eh, I've just liked to unleash my aggression on idiots that think that the internet is for their very disgusting pictures and explanations of their genitals, by that I mean for an outlet for their babyish attitudes for getting attention, like overdone MySpace freaks and message board trolls/Gaiafags. And the tribe of the "Anonymous" personality is just as annoying, because this one I prick meet couldn't act human because he took 4chan too seriously. In real life, I do somewhat tend to get pissed off at ignorants and asshats, just like on the net.
I talk openly without shame, but I am generally a shy person so start talking to.
I tend to talk really fast so I probably sound a lot more intelligent on the internet than I do in real life.
I just write fact, that is it, I don't act really.
Online, anonymously, I'm far more honest and unafraid to offend.
I don't talk to people, or have friends in real life so online is the only place where your bound to really see what I'm like. Sometimes I act differently online than I would've in front of people, but not often.
I am shy and lonely and oversensitive offline. Online I'm caustic and cynical.
>>18
Wow, you sound just like the Internet!
Personally, I'm similar online and off; a bit cynical, a with a bit of a compulsion to try and be witty, and more than a little know-it-all tendency.
I'm more outgoing online - no matter if on an anonymous board, in IRC, or in IM - even with people I actually know in real life.
I don't know why, really, but I'm working on bringing my real life persona closer to how I act on the internet.
Online I shout a lot more and argue with people, but generally in real life nobody would talk to me like that because there's just no need. I used to get all e-raged but now I don't care because I know IRL we would all chill and be cool with each other.
until yesterday i was nice on the web and irl.
now you all you fuckers can go to hell.
I'm a bit more outgoing when I'm on the internet, but I think other than that my personality is the same.
Offline I'm extremely shy, but online I don't mind talkign with people and can almost always think of something to say. My nice "levels" and opinions are the same, though.
i torture animals irl
i am nice online
I'm about the same online and off. I don't really like arguing in either setting, but I'm not afraid of giving my opinions. I'm not shy but I'm not particularly social. I'm kind of an aloof person...Friendly, but I don't really attach myself to things.
Online, I'm more likely to talk about my interests, because I'm less likely to bore people, seeing as most online forums are based on common interests :P
I'm a lot less crass in real life.
>>1
Sure, I act different.
Why? Because no one can punch my face online.
>What are You like?
In real life, a decent, friendly, respectful person who does not want to be an asshole to anyone.
On the internet, the devil himself.
No, on board i'm more fun..
In real life i'm serious
I'm the other way around. In real life I'm more fun.
On the Internet I'm serious, because the Internet is serious business.
Internet: Genius, idiot, and the gray area in between. I frequently fire mah lazer.
Real life: Quiet, hasty, existentialist , helpless, hopeless, utterly doomed and utterly romantic. Don't like arguments, would rather read and find out the technicalities of a topic. No friends, no relations at all. Each day I merely attend class, improve some skill, come home, eat, read, learn, improve more, sleep... That just seems positively boring to you, doesn't it?
Maybe? I think my Friday ego is different from my Monday ego. Try again next week.
I do, considering I lurk a lot.
Non sequitur of a question... You can't "act" on a message board, only write.
>>39 is a pseudointellectual online.
>>39 is a panda.
>>39
I ACT GOOD IF I AM TYOPING IN ALL CAPITOL LETTERS AND MISPELL WORD S THINKS IT LOOKS LIKE I AM NOT GOOD WITH COMPUTER MAY BE I AM OLD MAN ON INFORMATON SUPERHIWAY FRIST TIME
i`m boring here and in the real world.
i`m a nobody without personality or charm,my physical apperance is utterly unappealing, girls never like me and people in general look at me as a freak.
then again i dont like moust people.
and i enjoy being alone and in peace.
you are many and i am one.
i finish this rant by saying
I AM HAPPY.
be free to correct my english
evilive
LOOK OUT FOR THOSE PACKETS
>>43
HELLO JAPANESE, I AM HAPPY YANKEE
>>44
OH NO FREND THOSE PACKOTS ARE BACK F I DONT KNOW WHAT TO I DO SHOULD I
IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN HOLD ON TO THEN DO SO BUT IF NOT THEN