Poll: Online persona vs. real life...

ac_in_dc · October 2009

I've been thinking about this for a couple of weeks, based on discussions folks have had about certain knotties' personalities here, and in real life, and how they're different.Do you think your on-line personality is the same as in real life?How are you different on TK?

[Deleted User] · October 2009

IRL I'm very goofy with a weird / warped sense of humor. Some people love me, others just don't get me. I'm pretty sure that's the same way I am on here.

laladypoet · October 2009

I'm pretty much the same. I make inappropriate jokes and talk shiit, but I'm a big softie really. I may not be AS rude to strangers IRL as I am on here, unless they REALLY piss me off. then I'm way meaner IRL than on here.

danieliza1127 · October 2009

I think I'm basically the same. I'm blunt in real life and my friends pretty much know to expect me to just say what I think. I like to give advice and do it a lot, solicited or unsolicited. I do try to be helpful here because I do think it's important for us not to run off newbies by being mean just because they ask a question that's been asked a million times before.

brookelynpaisley · October 2009

I think I'm pretty true to myself. When it come to snark though, I think I waiver. Sometimes I think I'm not as clever as other girls, so I hold back. Other days, I think I let loose on strangers more than I might if it was a girl standing in front of me asking her ridiculous question. I guess it depends on how I'm perceived here.

nvdmeulen · October 2009

Iprobably speak out more with the anonymity that the interwebz provides. in real life, if I tend to keep things to myself a lot more.

alixzafiris · October 2009

Do you think your on-line personality is the same as in real life?Yeppers. IRL I'm definitely majorly sarcastic, quick to make jokes and I fluctuate between bubbly and b!tchy so I guess it's about the same as I am on here.How are you different on TK?I'm quicker to judge, but I think that's part of the nature of online relationships with people, you don't know everything, not even the tip of the iceberg really, so it's hard not to judge immediately.

laladypoet · October 2009

I do think it's important for us not to run off newbies by being mean just because they ask a question that's been asked a million times before.I agree. I used to make fun of newbies for asking the same questions but I realized that was a douchey thing to do. I also used to complain about the WR posts, but realized THAT was douchey as well.

salt78 · October 2009

I like to think I am exactly the same online as I am in person, but those who have met me probably would know better.

vallyhoo · October 2009

I guess it depends on how I'm perceived here.What brookelyn said.

ac_in_dc · October 2009

I think I come off as more serious on the knot than I do IRL...I'm goofier in person. But I'm pretty blunt in both places.

Mrs_AF · October 2009

I'm pretty much the same. Timid but not afraid to tell someone that they are ridiculous. Pretty much like real life.

AmoroAgain · October 2009

I'm pretty much the same. Easily irritated, but try to stay out of crap. Blunt as a spoon, but very sarcastic. Like Lala, I might be more upfront with someone here than IRL, but I feel like I should be more like I am on here. More confrontational. Which is interesting, because I'm pretty damn confrontational irl.

ggmae · October 2009

I would say I'm pretty much the same person IRL as I am on TK. I am fairly kind here (I like to think that anyway) and I am kind IRL as well. I am not funny here, nor am I funny IRL. So yeah, very similar.

sarah0725 · October 2009

I think I'm pretty much the same in both places, shy and reserved at first, but I quietly inject my sense of humor into things, and once I get talking I can be very long-winded. My favorite type of humor is the non-sequitor, and I've found both here and in RL that some people are cool with that, and some aren't.The funny thing is that in the past few years, I've had both RL and Knot people tell me that when they first met (or "met") me, they thought I was really serious and strange and no fun, but that I am an acquired taste of sorts and people like me if they know me for a while. I think wading was the first person to tell me something like that around here, and I thought it was funny since all the friends I have made in grad school said the same thing.

goheels05 · October 2009

I may not be AS rude to strangers IRL as I am on hereSame here for the most part. However, getting behind the wheel of a car seems to be about the same as getting behind a keyboard and screen as far as dealing with idiots goes.

vallyhoo · October 2009

Didn't finish my thought...How I perceive my online persona is clearly the same as IRL. I prefer humor over drama, and I try to distance myself from immaturity.

Nebb · October 2009

Pretty much the same, though in RL i am a lot more talkative than I am here, a bit more opinionated as well. This sounds totally rude but a lot of people I know/hang out with are not nearly as informed as ladies here so I get away with more if im wrong with them than I would here.

arbolita · October 2009

You should really be asking the people who have had g2g's if the people they've met are the same as they are online.For what it's worth, Salt, Andrea_Lea, Trubbs and a_schaal are all pretty similar IRL - though Ali was a bit crankier since she was severely hungover, haha.

saschaduran · October 2009

I think I'm the same. I'm quirky and see humor in everything. I laugh a lot. I'm always pretty nice to everyone. I can be shy, and even though I am chatty, I think I come across as nervous at times.

georgia_bride09 · October 2009

I feel like I'm the same, but I guess like pp said, it depends on how the perception is here. It's always harder to know how you're perceived from inside your head. I think I go through periods of randomness here, but that's a RL occurance as well.

shellydiane820 · October 2009

I am pretty much the same. In person I'm a little more awkward and nervous, but that doesn't translate on the internet and in pictures. A perfect example is a wedding pic I have, I'm holding my dress and its a cute pic. However I har really just tripped in front of everyone.

andyandhillary · October 2009

I'll go against the grain and say that I am very different IRL. Here I rarely post and I like to think my answers are well thought out and polite. I take time to think about what I say.IRL, I am very outgoing and talkative. I am also more outspoken and therefore don't always fully think out what I am going to say. I try not to get involved with the snark/catty-ness (sp?) that goes on here but IRL I find it much more difficult to refrain.

vallyhoo · October 2009

One thing that doesn't come across, IMO, is that I am sometimes very awkward in social situations. I use humor to deflect that.I also take a while to warm up to complete strangers, although if I were to meet someone I met online, there would already be a sense of comfort since I (presumably) would have gotten to know them before a face to face meeting. But when I meet someone in say a work environment, I am very timid at first. I compare it to my 'lurking' here first, gotta feel everyone out.

ring_pop · October 2009

I think I'm pretty much the same. I try to be pretty rational.

arbolita · October 2009

I also think I'm funnier IRL, because a lot of my humor doesn't translate well when typed out.

missy68 · October 2009

I still seek approval here, therefore, I try to stay nice, unless something has gotten to me. I do catch myself being somewhat snarky occasionally, and then when I read it later, I feel bad. And, yeah, I'm sensitive. Here, and IRL. I keep my political opinions to myself here, and in real life. DH knows them, my family knows them - that's it.I was much more outgoing with a layer of fat "protecting/insulating" me than I am now. If I'm comfortable with you, though, I'll tell you probably more than you want to know both here and IRL.

MeaghanandMichael · October 2009

I am really high strung and a little crazy in an endearing way IRL. Not sure how well that can come through the computer.

ring_pop · October 2009

I do think that I communicate better on TK than IRL... I'm much better with written communication than verbal. I stutter a bit IRL.

Soon-to-be Mrs. Vogt · October 2009

I think I'm mostly the same. I'm extremely helpful to people I like and consider my friends. I think I've been equally helpful on here (or I try to be anyway). I know I eat a lot more things that annoy me IRL than I do on here. I tend to be fairly polite in person and hold a lot of how I'm feeling in when it comes to annoying or stupid people. I will generally tell someone on here when they're being annoying, but I still try to not be super mean about it

But, that's how I perceive myself. Others may see me completely differently both IRL and on TK.

Nebb · October 2009

Im also a lot more random in real life - I talk about weird things, am very imaginative and laugh a lot at things people dont get. That doesnt translate much through to the knot except when cew brings it out of me, because she is weird too.

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