Do your online friends know the "real you"?

I'm not really sure. I try to treat everyone that I reply to online pretty fair. I have gotten upset a few times from replies from discussions that I have made in here. I will admit I do get upset pretty easy but I do that in real life also. Sp basicly I am pretty much the same person both online and off line.

How I am online is me, this is how I am in real life. I do not like falling out with people, I love to have friends and I love to try and help people out wherever I can. I am always about if anyone should need me too. I think that if I should meet anyone in life that I spoke too online then they would know me straight away. I do not get it when people pretend to be something they are not I do not see the need, why hide behind a computer and pretend to be one thing when actually you are another.

After thinking about this I realized that I am more open and bolder offline than on. I am definitely not the type to hide behind a computer screen and be mean to people because I can. It is also more difficult to get emotion across on the computer so I generally try and steer clear of it. I am way more likely to tell someone something to their face. I don't go looking for confrontation but I would rather someone hear something directly from me than hide it and have them find out some other way.

I heard that the best way to make friends online is showing what you are.. With my relatives and common friends i act as i am but with the friends i meet online i talk more open heartly than i am. i hide nothing in me and i get so involved that i begin to say all my personal things to...I hear of people suggesting that acting as a child with girls can impress them.But i dont believe so.I think the one you are is alright.If he/she is interested on you,he/she will come closer if not gorget it..So,I am always real man when i am online or offline.

im am the same offline or online, those people that ive met before online met the real me, except ofcourse they dont know what do i look like, i dont feel comfortable putting pictures of me online, and besides i dont think they were interested to know how do i look

I think I am the same both on and off. I believe in being the person you really are all the time. People who are different online than they are offline are the whole problem with the internet, you never know who you are dealing with or what you are actually going to get, which allows dishonest people to take advantage of real people. Scam artist are turning the internet into an unsafe place for all ages of people.

I try to be as close to the real me as possible - here as well as in real life. I don't like fake people and I tend to pretty much say it how I see it. After talking with me a bit, I think people here would know me in real life.

Honey I think you come across wonderfully here - you know I think you are great! I think my online friends know the real me - I try to be honest to myself whether in real life or online. The main difference is that when I am online I can take a minute or two, or even longer to consider things , I have the chance to think if I am being too harsh, or whether what i say might hurt someone before I hit the submit button which is not something I could do in real life! xxx

I would have to say that I am pretty different online vs "real Life." Im not a shy person online, but an a little in my real life. So there are things that I may say online, that I may not do so offline. But as far as personality I would say that I am the same person. i like the same things LOL.

Most of my online friends are my real world friends, so most if them will know the "real me". There are some friends I just knew them through internet by introducing by another friends, but these kind of friends, I will sledom chat.

It implies that men are really paradoxical .Some people hope to be a different people online.The shy may be open,the careful may be careless and the mean may be generous.They just want to be a "new" person.Perhaps they can release themselves from the stressful real world this way.I am not one of those,though.I am still who I am no matter online or offtime.I think it is hard to be a different person for me even if I have to type behind a computer.

"I am who I am and can be no other" I present what I am, who I am and how I am at all times both online and offline. I make no bones about what I think, my opinions, my thoughts or my ideals. I must admit I am a highly confrontational person to the point where I may come off as rude or witchy. I don't mean to be, I just tell it like it is when it is. It's who I am, if people can't accept me for what and who I am than I just don't have the time for that person. I'll confer respect when I get respect, I'm not unreasonable, I enjoy constructive and adult like debate that is productive. If I see someone say something that is completely out there and it warrants calling that person on it to own up to their words and actions - so be it. I do this in real life and I do this online. Why change who I am online if it's not being true to who\what I am.

i try to show my real self everywhere. I'm not much different online except i use chat responses like lol. But, i am mean on online games when ppl tick me off, but thats it.

My online friends know me better than some of my offline friends! I had a lot of difficulty throughout high school when it came to socialising and was never really part of a group. Since I've grown older, I've changed quite considerably - I am somewhat more confident, louder and more outgoing, all of which it is easy to be online with people who are less likely to judge you for erratic behaviour. I do consider myself to be close to my online friends as I spend a lot more time online than I do in town, they get to know the real me. I was never good with confrontation, or showing my emotions - at least online, I can have anonymity when I want it and I can choose how I feel. Being the kind of person who prefers their own company, I even get on better with offline friends when we are talking over MSN than I do when I'm with them in person. We tend to have more intellectual conversations, although this is not to suggest that I don't have fun with my other friends - just a different kind of fun, I suppose. I think that the internet is even responsible for the huge change in my personality. I hope that when I begin university next year, these personality traits will translate to my offline persona as well.

I don't have online friends, every one on my messenger list I know him personally, I don't like to make friends over a chat room , this is bad way of getting friend, not bad because it is bad, but because it has some disadvantages, some relationships do work, and some don't, you have to be lucky enough to get some real friends online. Yeah all my online friends know me well.

I would say yes. Everyone who knows me online, I regard them as a real friend, so they really get to know the real me, and there is no difference between virtual and reality. I mean the whole point is making friends, getting to know people, especially in a community here, why pretend to be someone else? I don't. Life is hard enough and I definitely don't want to bother to be someone else.

A persons personality always dont change unless hes a good actor. I mean what he is in person, the way he writes, speaks and do things is the same person whom you discuss with in mylot. Maybe others can make some retouches on his character but the real you will prevail later on.

its not possible. how can u reveal yourself without knowing them.

I'm not sure. I am kind of different than I am in real life. I think its because online people don't really know me so when I'm talking to my online friends I do feel a little safer than in real life where I fear I might be judged. Of course I will be judged but at least I don't have to see it. So sometimes, I do feel that I'm more bolder and open up more when I'm with my online friends.

I have met a couple of people irl that I knew from various online games. They were pretty much what I had expected and I am glad I met them.