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I'd never go to somewhere like Gooncon, too high a possibility of meeting people who take everything on SA seriously in real life. Do you ever get a sense of T
by shii 16y ago
I'd never go to somewhere like Gooncon, too high a possibility of meeting people who take everything on SA seriously in real life.
Do you ever get a sense of The Truman Show going to cons and meetups with people from the internet? I'd imagine it's really strange to find all these random people who know your name and a shit-ton of information about you at these events.
- zacharycohn 16y agoIt's not weird (or at least it never was for me), because you know all those people too! The point of the article was that people "on the internet" are real people too.
- pyre 16y agoI think shii's point was more about 'lurkers' showing up and trying to talk to you like they know you, even though they've never even communicated with you online or offline.
- jarin 16y agoIt's not really that different from going to tech meetups or events and meeting people you talk to on HN or Twitter. I guess you just have to accept the reality that if you spend a lot of time online, your persona exists as much on the Internet as it does in real life.