Difference Between Your Online and Offline Personality

[Fsiphskilm]

[quote="Alice

[Rachel]

Well, offline I'm sort of shy when I first meet people, but then it's really hard to get me to shut up. I talk a lot and say some really weird, random things. I love making people smile, so that's mostly why I act like an idiot. Online I'm pretty much the same I think. Although maybe not quite as stupid.

[AngelSakura]

<<I'm exactly the same offline as I am online. I'm very outgoing and friendly online, and I'm exactly the same way off. I really don't have any differences between my online and offline personality.>>
In that case, if I ever meet you, you're going to be hugged like a small plushie of Millions Knives anywhere in the vicinity of Lunis.

I like you, myself, Volt, so you can always count me as a friend.

I am so shy in real life, you wouldn't believe it.

[Alice]

Well, you know, it's nice to know other people can be different "in real life" and online.

[Hephzibah]

I'm EXTREMELY shy in rl, though I am better than I was as a child. It will take me several weeks, if not months, to feel completely at ease with someone, though when I do I go excessively psycho, esp if I haven't seen them in awhile (Rita can testify to that). Online, I tend to skip the shy stage and go directly to psycho stage (Sigma can testify to that)

[SigmaKnight]

I am 100 times worse offline than i am online...

For example I went to a party the other day... and just stood around, wandered around, and the only things to come out of my mouth were brief introductions, and laughs from time to time. Only other communication i made was nodding or shaking my head.

Online however... I'll talk.. more or less.

However.. If im offline and with lots of people that know me well... I'll act like i do online. >.>;

*Testifies to tal being psycho, but likes the psycho-ness* XP

[The Last Bard]

I'm much more talkative and energetic online. (How can you be energetic online, you ask? I Don't know...)
But offline I don't really talk much to people I don't really know to well.
I'm just not the type of person who can just talk to anyone. Let alone start the conversation %75 of the time...
I'm just the quiet, conservative type.

The other day someone told me that this one girl didn't like me anymore, and I asked why. They told me she said that all hot guys are jerks. I am perceived just a little bit wrong you might say!

[Arbre]

I'm not really different, unless you count that I'm usually more comfortable when communicating with people online than face to face.

If I'm completely comfortable with someone face to face, though, there really isn't a difference.


I do tend to avoid direct eye contact for an extended amound of time, though... and I don't like them staring at mine 'cause I don't like how I look. Too much attention focused on me when I don't feel comfortable makes me clam up and want to avoid everyone.

[Kiba-kun]

online im somewhat cheerful and social i try to make friends but for some reason ppl ignore me*sigh*oh well its like that offline and i deal with it

offline i have the no emotion mask on where ppl think i hate the world and them i dont talk in the least unless im PO'd or im around friends not easly agatated(sp?) unless im playing my PS2 and ppl dont shutup

[the_lizardqueen]

It's a little tardy, but I'm really sorry that the world is full of stoopid people Volt

Yowch. But I'm glad you've found an outlet and a way to vent, keeping it all in definitely isn't healthy. It's important to get it out and try to work through the frustrating stuff.

[Fsiphskilm]

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[Hephzibah]

[quote="SigmaKnight"]I am 100 times worse offline than i am online...

For example I went to a party the other day... and just stood around, wandered around, and the only things to come out of my mouth were brief introductions, and laughs from time to time. Only other communication i made was nodding or shaking my head.

Online however... I'll talk.. more or less.

However.. If im offline and with lots of people that know me well... I'll act like i do online. >.>]
XD You are like me Siggy!!! WE ARE SO BROTHER AND SISTER!
*glomps Sigma*

[the_lizardqueen]

For example I went to a party the other day... and just stood around, wandered around, and the only things to come out of my mouth were brief introductions, and laughs from time to time. Only other communication i made was nodding or shaking my head.

Oo, I do that. I'll realize I've been standing there basically watching people talk and occasionally laughing at the appropriate times for about 10 or 20 minutes. It sometimes makes me feel reeeally self-conscious. I'm trying to get over it though, and to not care so much in regards to what other people might think. If I want to be quiet and listen I should be able to, right?

[RadicalFaith]

Offline: Im not shy, have quite alot of friends Im friendly and easy to talk to and lift them above me and love talking about Christ and to Him.

Online: Not as many friends{I dont really mind it though but its always great meeting new people:D} But Im more cautious around other people who are online.

[kaji]

I am the same person here or there or wherever I go. There is no sense in pretending to be some one Im not.

[Kura Ookami]

Online and offline I'm the same person, only offline I'm shyer than i am online. That is the one and only difference. Why pretend to be someone you're not online or offline?

[Destroyer2000]

My Xanga can testify to my offline personality. Offline, I can be a depresive person, but so long as I have my sword and martial arts, I'm fine. Online, I can shift either way - happy or sad, depressed or cheerful. It just depends, though I tend to be depressed more so than not. What I need is someone to be close to. In real life, I don't make friends easily, I'm distrusting of people, and I'm always on guard. People tend to steer clear of me, since I have told I emit some sort of 'get away from me. NOW.' feeling. It's always fun going to the mall and watching as people step out of your way. If they don't, stare at them and they will move. If it says anything about my persona, my favorite quote is "In the future, humanity is determinded by though, and being human has become a liability."

[shooraijin]

I don't really have a great difference between my offline or online personalities, myself.

[Lunis]

I think I'm pretty much the same. Sometimes blonde. Goofy. Obsessed with Trigun. Stuff. I'm probably less extreme in everything. Shyer (is that a word) in front on new people, too. But I feel pretty much the same as my real life self.

[agasfas]

Not too sure myself... In real life, I tend to be very social at work, but quiet around people I don't know. And like some others, I don't goto parties because I don't know anyone or care to go, it just doesn't feel right to me. Though I wouldn't say I'm anti-soical or anything just not into that stuff. I just like to just hang out and chat or whatever. Also, in the outside world I tend to be quiet at school because I commute and don't know many people.

My online persona is different in respects that there are many things in my personal life that many people online don't know about because I don't mention them; as I am sure many other members do as well. Being online it's easier to take your time to thing and write, until things come out just right... Where in real life, you really don't get the chance or opportunity. More or less, what you see is what you get. Not that either one persona is the real one, but that it's much easier to fake the online persona if you wanted to. Not that I do.


I guess the one thing that remains the same is that both online and in real life I try to be a good listener when people need it. And although I may not always have the best things to say, I always try to help. Though regardless if I'm online or not, my character, beliefs and moral are exactly the same because that's my true self.

[dragonshimmer]

[quote="agasfas"]My online persona is different in respects that there are many things in my personal life that many people online don't know about because I don't mention them]

Huh. You know, after reading that, I realized something. Actually, my online friends (especially a really close three or four) know a LOT more about my real thoughts, struggles and triumphs than my offline friends. I'm not fake online, I just open up a lot more and share more of myself than I generally do with people offline. I actually discuss my faults and flaws and struggles with my online friends and keep them hidden from people in real life. Huh.

[SigmaKnight]

XD You are like me Siggy!!! WE ARE SO BROTHER AND SISTER!
*glomps Sigma*

XD *Glomps back* Must have been separated at birth or something XP

Oo, I do that. I'll realize I've been standing there basically watching people talk and occasionally laughing at the appropriate times for about 10 or 20 minutes. It sometimes makes me feel reeeally self-conscious. I'm trying to get over it though, and to not care so much in regards to what other people might think. If I want to be quiet and listen I should be able to, right?

If you want to be quiet ^.^ Then you absolutely should be able to.

[EireWolf]

There is no sense in pretending to be some one Im not.

For me, it's not about pretending. I do not pretend to be someone else online, but my personality manifests a little differently. Online, you're obviously not face-to-face with someone; you don't have the benefit, or perhaps the obstacle, of body language and eye contact. I'm less influenced by what people might think of me when I don't have to look at them.

[Jasdero]

Uh.. I dunno... XD; I'd probably have to ask someone who knows me both online and in-person to tell a difference.

[jazz]

Oo, I do that. I'll realize I've been standing there basically watching people talk and occasionally laughing at the appropriate times for about 10 or 20 minutes. It sometimes makes me feel reeeally self-conscious. I'm trying to get over it though, and to not care so much in regards to what other people might think. If I want to be quiet and listen I should be able to, right?

i do that all the time, when i'm around those who aren't really close to me.

If you want to be quiet ^.^ Then you absolutely should be able to.

i agree. it's really frustrating trying to be outgoing when you're not an outgoing person. though i think there's a balance somewhere, between being comfortable with your own personality, and pushing yourself a little to step out of your comfort zone .

[Mr. SmartyPants]

online im that huggy, awesome, sexy (not really) guy who is quite hyper and is nice to all

in real life, im a snore

except when im in church with my friends, i am quite hyper and talkative... but im WAY more open to my emotions and thoughts online

[Natholeus]

I'm very she in RL, and a little shy ol too but not nearly as much I tend to go crazy sometimes when I'm online

ROCK ON!

[Rita]

I'm actually more reserved online than I am in real life. I guess that's partly because in real life I have learnt to wear a mask of confidence, and so people see me as really confident and happy, whereas I'm really actually quite shy and uncomfortable in group situations (I'm not shy around my close friends though ). I find that online I have more time to think about what I want to say and how to say it, rather than blurting out the first thing I think of so that I seem assured and confident.

[Uriah]

My online personality is way more like me than in person.
I have developed the habit of hiding who I am.

[skynes]

In reality I use a lot more N Irish slang and wording. If I used my normal speech on this boards (or any other American ran board), my post would be deleted and I would be warned for inappropriate language.

It's not that I'm foul-mouthed, just that our cultures view certain words differently. Some of them mean different stuff here, and vice versa.