I think there is a difference, yes. The Facebook status stream is very in-your-face. When you say something on Facebook, you're pushing it to the eyeballs of ma

I think there is a difference, yes. The Facebook status stream is very in-your-face. When you say something on Facebook, you're pushing it to the eyeballs of many people in your actual social circle. If you say something on a forum where, say, you are linked to your Facebook profile, you're not pushing that comment to the eyeballs of everyone you know. My online social network is now essentially the same as my offline social network, and there's not too much that I'm okay pushing to the eyeballs of everyone I know. Not because I'm ashamed, but out of general courtesy.