Are you different online?

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Cbdullahii said:
im crazy here...not so crazy outside
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Yeahh....right... :hiding:

Tragic Typos said:
I find it easier to debate someone online. So much easier to verbally thrash another member. :skeleton: In real life, I just shut up and listen to the other person rant.
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LOL SAME HERE! Although, I've refrained from debating on here for the most part too. I think I tried a little in the beginning when I first came to the forum, but it caused so much drama, I was just like, "Ok, forget this..."
 
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LOL SAME HERE! Although, I've refrained from debating on here for the most part too. I think I tried a little in the beginning when I first came to the forum, but it caused so much drama, I was just like, "Ok, forget this..."
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You must debate more! If someone comes and gets all emotional like, "bwaaa me no your fwend wa wa ba ba wa wa" just ignore it and continue to address main issues.
 
Are we different between online and offline?

Bro, sis, you can say "I am different in online and in offline", but what, and especially how, you 'talk' in this forum reflect your true character and personality.

:)
 
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i wouldn't say there's too much of a difference between my online and offline self, but that's from my OWN perspective - i'm the one who knows what i'm trying to say and what's in my mind and that doesn't differ regardless of who or what i'm talking to. however, when i'm online - or even writing a letter - i find it much easier to compose my thoughts and make sense of them. i also don't get angry as easily because i'm able to emphasise my point well online or in written work and make sure all my reasonings are included. when i'm having a discussion face to face, i know what i want to say in my head, but everything gets jumbled up in the heat of the moment and i feel like a lot of valuable conversation time is wasted trying to sort my thoughts out and asking unnecessary questions - whereas online i'm able to write paragraphs without being interrupted and that puts me at ease.

as for my personality in general i don't think i'm too different whether i'm online or offline, but my friends say i come off much more mature over the internet/in written work than i actually am. i think that's purely due to the fact that the internet is the internet and you're communicating through computer pixels and it's hard to convey much emotion without using annoying emoticons after every 2 words. i also don't know most of the people i talk to online so unless i become comfortable with said people then i won't know how to crack jokes - yet irl i'm able to break the ice just like that with a newbie.
 
Tragic Typos said:
I find it easier to debate someone online.
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If you win a debate in online forum, you will not get anything. If you lose in a debate in online forum, you will not lose anything.

Different than debate in the real life. In example, you share a room with your friend. And today you are in debate with him, who must clean up the room today. If you win, you can relax and enjoy your day. If you lose, you must clean up the room.

"Nothing to lose" feeling makes us easier to fight.

I just shut up and listen to the other person rant.
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In online forum we are The Untouchable, no one can do anything to us, it makes us dare. But in real life? If we debate someone who is in anger, probably he will beat us. :D

By the way, I like online forum because I can discuss and tell my opinion here. It's very difficult to discuss in the real life. In the real life people like chatting, not discussion. :)
 
ardianto said:
By the way, I like online forum because I can discuss and tell my opinion here. It's very difficult to discuss in the real life. In the real life people like chatting, not discussion.
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that's true to an extent but i think that depends on your company and who you choose to hang around with. in general it's easier to make small talk etc and talk about daily happenings more freely but i find that there's certain people that can just provoke a really lengthy discussion at any given time. it might be the fact that i'm at secondary school atm and my environment promotes it (learning environment with only such an amount of time between classes), but we all thoroughly engage in discussion and like giving our opinions even during what was meant to be an innocent lighthearted conversation... which can call for trouble at times if i'm honest, lol. the fact that we're still in school also contributes to the nothing to win/lose point you mentioned... there's only so much we can do or say before we're disciplined lol and we're aware of that so we watch our mouths and take into account that discussions aren't meant to be taken too seriously, and then we're able to discuss freely once we implement that.
 
Nope, I tend to be the same both online and offline. People find it easier to hind behind the screen and behave differently, not considering that people online are real and what is said and not said can and will affect them in one way or another. Everything that comes out of our mouths, and this includes typing, is a deed so it counts. :) Im not much of a debater, unless its really called for, and opinions really don't matter because everybody has one. I like to sit back, watch and contribute where I find it may be useful. That's really my attitude throughout.

-cOsMic
 
♥ Sofia ♥;1487293 said:
that's true to an extent but i think that depends on your company and who you choose to hang around with. in general it's easier to make small talk etc and talk about daily happenings more freely but i find that there's certain people that can just provoke a really lengthy discussion at any given time.
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I often discuss in the real world, but discuss in the real world is different than discuss in online forums.

Who are my company and who I choose to hang around with?. I am not a youth, but 44 years old man, a father of two. Maybe you can imagine my daily life. :)
 
Online - perky, fun, playful, can be very calm.
I'm perky too offline, but I don't have many friends and rarely doing "friend to friend talk" to show off my crazy nerdy side.
Offline - I'm freaking moody, bookworm, not outgoing.

I guess I have an alter ego :hiding:
 
I guess I'm kind of the same, except I'm quieter online (maybe its cause I'm new)
Agreed with Sis Muslimahhh I too wonder how I'm going to get 300 posts
But offline I tend to be more blunt. (Or so I was told) ha
 
lolz i guess im same online and offline :) at first when i joined Li i was scared of posting :P buh im fine now alhumdulillah i think i talk alot :P
 
Ardianto is not my real name. That's the only difference of me between online and offline. Everything that I have told about me and about my life is true. :)
 
Everything I told about myself is a big FAT lie. I'm actually an FBI agent working for the world government to establish a new world order. Muahahahahahahahhaha
 
And I am an alien, sent here to observe the habits of earthlings and report my findings to my alien overlords.

Only I haven't been able to contact the mother ship in quite some time...

It appears that they tricked me and left me here... :hmm:
 
I know for cetain that I am similiar both on and off-line from the following:


I used to be a frequent poster on another forum before joining IB, under a shortened form of my actual name.

It wasnt long before a work collegue called me out, saying that the way I write is very similiar to how I speak/ am in real life.....:hiding:

Since then, I have adopted the screen name 'Zaria'.

......safer this way :statisfie
 
This thread shocked and depresses me. How can people be so different online? Isn't this wrong if you do it consciously?.. Like a two-faced person.
 

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