Online VS Offline Personality...

Saudi Arabia
August 29, 2007 2:14am CST
- Have you ever been shocked by someone you know in real life when you knew his/her online personality? - Do you lie about who you are and about your beliefs online -because the person you are talking to doesn't know who you really are-? Be honest and answer me please...
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• Saudi Arabia
10 Sep 07
Hi there .... 1ST QUESTION: have i ever been shocked ? ANSWER: Yes, I met in person a few people with whom I chat with online (males and fem) and when that happened, they were different, in some cases i was diappointed, in other cases they were much better than I expected. When I say disappointed I am not talking about how they look like, I am talking personality-wise. 2ND QUESTION: Do I lie about myself to make me let's say sound more interesting? ANSWER: NO, coz if that person i am meeting, is going to like me, I want him/her 2 like me 4 what I am, so if i am creepy online i try to be the creepy me in real, if i am naughty online, I try 2 be the naughty me, if I am funny online etc ..... (but being honest online doesn't mean I always disclose every single bit of me coz there are things that you can't easily reveal to a person u don't know) Nice post Princess Dew ..
• Saudi Arabia
11 Sep 07
Hey.. nice to see you again :) I know exactly what you mean, I've been into an opposite situation.. I knew someone in real life, then I met her online in one website and I was really shocked.. in real life she's soooooo shy, can barely talk, we used to call her a baby... then I saw a different personality I mean a really different one.. I actually can't tell which one is her, because she sounds so real both online and offline... you are right we don't have to be pure us online especially when we don't know the person we are talking to, but I believe we have to be honest.. if we don't wanna talk about something we don't have to but don't lie and be something we are not... Thanks a lot for your response and really happy to see you are back again :)
• Saudi Arabia
11 Sep 07
Hi there again ... There's no problem expressing yourself online but the problem is when someone becomes a chat addict where he could only express himself truly and openly online where in real life he doesn't. Online, in the pm box, he plays with the wording, he changes the font, the color and he uses smiley that it becomes almost his only mean for expressing himself. But so often with those people, (maybe not all) I mean most of them fail or let me say have problems expressing themselves the right way in real. When people sound different online it would be either one of the two cases: 1) What they are online is true, but can't express it in real life, they'd rather hide behind a chat nick 2) What they are online is NOT true but they just lie for a reason or another Thank you again for ur comments Princess Dew ....
12 Sep 07
Hi there, a lot of people whom i have met and known have not essentially lied about who or what they are, but they have somewhat of an alternate ego or personality. U see, this is one of the disadvantages of internet chatting and people whom u know online and offline is that THEY give you what they WANT you to believe about themselves. MORE OR LESS become something they cant be in real life so the explode on this "exit" called the chat. yes i have been shocked on terms of online/offline personalilty. one of my closest friends is a real fun and moderate guy offline but when i check him online i get a great big shock. he is somewhat silly and childish. in another example, i knew some dude who is so negative and aggressive online, yet in real life i have been told he is one shy pussycat. so there. as for myself, HONESTY is HUGE thing to me and i maintain it in all my doings. i am who i am offline and online and i think you are a better judge of what u have seen from both worlds. ;)
• Saudi Arabia
12 Sep 07
Thanks for your response.. You are right you are the same person online and offline and I like this about you... I think that's why the first thing I said to you in real life was "I feel like I met you before"... There is nothing better than honesty :)