online vs IRL

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  1. Kamina

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    Does anyone else act differently online versus irl?? Just wondering because I'm a lot more outgoing and more willing to talk to other people. I'm also really introverted irl but I feel like a extrovert when I go online. Talking to another human being doesn't seem as intimidating in my opinion!
     
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    I tend to think I don't act differently but maybe I do. I tend to be an incredible introvert irl and online I am more outgoing.

    Difference or similarity depends on the day though.
     
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    I am myself online.....i can be myself better online.
    If you talked to me in real life, i probably wouldn't be myself
     
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    Exactly this. I'm probably the shyest person ever in real life. There's a reason Fluttershy is my avatar. :grin:
     
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    Ikr? My life exactly also. I abs. adore that picture of Fluttershy as your avatar. :grin:
     
  6. StefaniW

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    Deeerp, no, I am exactly the same semi-obnoxious, loud-mouth italian transgirl online as I am in real life. My personality doesn't change EVA.
     
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    yeah i talk so much nonsense online and irl i don't talk much at all
     
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    I feel like I'm more open here even though IRL I'm far from an introvert Idk what it is...
     
  9. stuffiscool

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    :grin: You go girl!

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    I'm more aggressive and sarcastic online (naturally a passive-aggressive personality). I'd like to think I'm a little more humorous and diva-ish as well...
     
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    A bit more shy, but if I know you for about a week, I act completely different.
     
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    The way I speak is the only real difference. I'm much more reserved and concise in my speech offline than online, mostly because I have a big problem with stammering over my words when I'm nervous (and I am nervous in most social situations).
     
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    No, I am the same online and IRL. What you read here is what you hear out there :slight_smile:
    The only difference is that IRL, I speak french and here, I write in english.. but that's it!
     
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    I'm much less aggressive IRL. In fact I'm too friendly.
     
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    No, people can tell my personality by the way I write and what I say on here, hahaha

    I'm pretty much the same!
     
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    Yes and no.

    I interact slightly less with others in person than online. But when I interact with others online, at least person-to-person, I tend to express myself more in depth.
     
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    I'm friendlier offline. Online I tend to keep myself to myself with little to no attempt at building friendships unless there is some degree of offline interaction between us.