Do you portray yourself honestly on the internet?

Seriously. One of the advantages of the cyberworld is that we can almost recreate ourselves and say/do things we may not in Real Life. For some of us it's an opportunity to let loose and say what's really on our minds. To be completely HONEST. For others, it's a chance to be frealier or nastier than you'd ever really want to be in RL.

Or still yet, for others it may be a chance to create multiple versions of ourselves to play both ends of the field (not saying a thing Dan...not saying a thing...).

But, for the most part, are YOU projecting the REAL YOU online?

85% of this is the real me. Or 90%.

I'm really sweet and educated in person im not as bad as I seem on the Org

The folks here who have met me in the "real world" (there are a couple) will tell you that I am who I am.

I'm just Mach ~ where ever ...

I'm not perfect so I don't pretend to be

My number one rule, I don't say nor type anything online I can't say publicly. Alter egos or being a straight up phony is just a bunch of bullshit and a wast of time. I don't see the point.

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I'll say about 85% of me is real. Except for all the " " I post, I laugh but I don't fall off my chair in laughter. And I usually don't joke about people in real life unless it's on some sneaky shit. I'm more sneaky in real life than I am here when it comes to that type of thing. And contrary to popular belief, I'm not the life of the party either. I'm quiet unless you hung around me for a while.

Timmy84 said:

I'll say about 85% of me is real. Except for all the " " I post, I laugh but I don't fall off my chair in laughter. And I usually don't joke about people in real life unless it's on some sneaky shit. I'm more sneaky in real life than I am here when it comes to that type of thing. And contrary to popular belief, I'm not the life of the party either. I'm quiet unless you hung around me for a while.

I kinda figured u were quiet when I saw ur pic

TD3 said:

My number one rule, I don't say nor type anything online I can't say publicly. Alter egos or being a straight up phony is just a bunch of bullshit and a wast of time. I don't see the point.

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Never one alter? Get out-even I had one

nursev said:

Timmy84 said:

I'll say about 85% of me is real. Except for all the " " I post, I laugh but I don't fall off my chair in laughter. And I usually don't joke about people in real life unless it's on some sneaky shit. I'm more sneaky in real life than I am here when it comes to that type of thing. And contrary to popular belief, I'm not the life of the party either. I'm quiet unless you hung around me for a while.

I kinda figured u were quiet when I saw ur pic

Yeah I'm not a mouth bass by any stretch of the imagination.

interesting

some people project their REAL personalities online, basically because of the freedom / lack of consequences...

some people, on the other hand, project an unrealistic / false / distorted and-or exaggerated version of themselves, maybe because they can't be themselves in real life...(for whatever reason)

the duality is interesting

I'd say I'm 80% real and 20% over-the-top, but NOT false...

that basically means that in real life I say the same things I say here lol for better or worse...

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JoeTyler said:

interesting

some people project their REAL personalities online, basically because of the freedom / lack of consequences...

some people, on the other hand, project an unrealistic / false / distorted and-or exaggerated version of themselves, maybe because they can't be themselves in real life...(for whatever reason)

the duality is interesting

I'd say I'm 80% real and 20% over-the-top, but NOT false...

Get out Im just trying to cut down on saying Muthafucka in real life nothing false about me

Timmy84 said:

nursev said:

I kinda figured u were quiet when I saw ur pic

Yeah I'm not a mouth bass by any stretch of the imagination.

I knew it

JoeTyler said:

interesting

some people project their REAL personalities online, basically because of the freedom / lack of consequences...

some people, on the other hand, project an unrealistic / false / distorted and-or exaggerated version of themselves, maybe because they can't be themselves in real life...(for whatever reason)

the duality is interesting

I'd say I'm 80% real and 20% over-the-top, but NOT false...

I mean yeah I think most of us have over the top personalities when it comes to being online. That's kinda what I said in my original post, I think. You can be wild online. I'm moderately wild here lol

nursev said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah I'm not a mouth bass by any stretch of the imagination.

I knew it

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

interesting

some people project their REAL personalities online, basically because of the freedom / lack of consequences...

some people, on the other hand, project an unrealistic / false / distorted and-or exaggerated version of themselves, maybe because they can't be themselves in real life...(for whatever reason)

the duality is interesting

I'd say I'm 80% real and 20% over-the-top, but NOT false...

I mean yeah I think most of us have over the top personalities when it comes to being online. That's kinda what I said in my original post, I think. You can be wild online. I'm moderately wild here lol

yeah, online we all can be 100% wild, in real life it's a 70%-80% lol

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nursev said:

TD3 said:

My number one rule, I don't say nor type anything online I can't say publicly. Alter egos or being a straight up phony is just a bunch of bullshit and a wast of time. I don't see the point.

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Never one alter? Get out-even I had one

Nope.

For what? I think it depends what you come to the net or a website for, I guess. I love good conversation, I love hearing or reading difference points of view. I' m a member of of three other music sites, to create another personality or persona seems weird to me. Besides I've meet so many of my fellow members, I don't think it would work.

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who else could i be???

I'm far quieter than some folks think I am.

I don't like to talk much in crowds.

Albeit, others who have met me (Muse, Carrie, Fauxie, Jerseykrs, sosgemini, etc.) may dissagree.

I'll talk Carrie and Muse to death and joke with them, because I like it when the laugh--they have cute giggles and laughter, and their boobs bounce when they're doing it. Fucking hot.

cborgman probably has seen me at my most broken when I visited him for a few short days in NYC.

He was very sweet, and I wish I could have been more upbeat, but I had been laid off and a few other thing, and was really stressed about getting to Thailand. I owe him alot.

^^^But as far as my sense of humor goes, I think shanti can pretty much tell you it's about the same as you see here. And I'm just as sexually depraved too.

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I'm just me on here... but I think I am misunderstood at times or people just don't "get" me if they do not like my responses so they will make me out to be something I am not.

I guess I am a bit more reserved in real time ONLY because some people just can't take criticism easily. So I tend to be "gentle" unless I know the person is in a mature place to have that conversation.

i'm as me as i can be in this medium

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I don't get folks who kinda get bent out of shape because somone has a different point of view. You can make up your mind their this or that because they don't agree with you?

I've definitely inserted foot in mouth several times or thought I was making a quip and it was taken the wrong way... just acknowledge and apologize. So, I try to give the benfit of the doubt as I hope others woud give me.

paintedlady said:

I'm just me on here... but I think I am misunderstood at times or people just don't "get" me if they do not like my responses so they will make me out to be something I am not.

I guess I am a bit more reserved in real time ONLY because some people just can't take criticism easily. So I tend to be "gentle" unless I know the person is in a mature place to have that conversation.

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Mostly me, the only time it's not the real me, is if I am in a conversation that gets a bit heated and I exit - cause that don't happen in real life. If there is an argument to be had, I'm all up in there but online I can't be arsed.

I try to be the same online (maybe slightly more honest & open here than on, say Facebook, due to the relative anonymity)

But I have no idea how I come across. You know how some peoples' emails are all bitchy without emoticons? Maybe that's me too.

I'm me as me can be.

I don't have the wherwithall to pretend to be anything else. Besides, that's usually creepy.

WYSIWYG

I'm pretty much the same here as I am in real life. If anything, I'm a little more reserved online, which is kind of silly because of the anonymity. Something about seeing a thought in print, on the Internet for ANYONE to read, kind of scares me! I also don't curse online like I do in real life.

Pretty much. I wish I had acting chops but I don't so, oh well.

Chuck Norris once caught lightning in a bottle on a clear sunny day, without a bottle.

Chuck Norris once hit a bump in the road, there is no longer a bump on that road.

I would say I'm properly portrayed.