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It's interesting when we discover that the way people act "in real life" isn't their true selves. The online world is fascinating because people drop the guards
by ageek123 11y ago
It's interesting when we discover that the way people act "in real life" isn't their true selves. The online world is fascinating because people drop the guards and restraints and you can see the real them. I actually prefer this to the phoniness that people put on for in-person interactions. But it is jarring, just as it would be jarring if in real life you could read people's minds and know what they are thinking but not saying.
- archagon 11y agoI'd argue there is no "true self" at all — just different views into your personality. Facebook, perhaps, is not a healthy such view.
- SixSigma 11y agoIf all the world's a stage then we are only ever acting, never being.
- throwawayaway 11y agoI have a hard time distinguishing someone's behaviour from their innate personality. Perhaps forgiveness is the key.
- Disruptive_Dave 11y agoTimely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z0XS-QLDWM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z0XS-QLDWM
- Disruptive_Dave 11y agoMy experience has been mostly the opposite of this. Look at the two environments logically; it is much, much easier to mold or craft a persona online than it is in person. I've had way too many experiences reading something someone wrote on Facebook when I know, for a fact, it is a lie or a wild deception. Most times, they wouldn't get away with that so easily in person.