Internet behaviour

As I said in another thread, I'm actually much more calm (and nice, I guess) on the internet than I am in real life. I have a hell of a temper.

im more of a jack ass in real life by far,

Originally Posted by GK: 5895/9999

u all need to get a life
just give me ur adress ill kill u

<3

It was the opposite for me. I'm more insulting and less civil in person. =P

I'm just starting to get comfortable with ZU now and all of it's inhabitants, so I'm kind of just opening up.. in such a way that I would open up to my friends at work/school/play.

In real life, I just hate things quietly!

On the Internet it's easier for me to think, IRL I can be more impulsive about things - good and bad.

I've learned to respect the Internet, despite it being so easy to abuse others with. I simply don't wish to take the easy way out and hide behind the Internet and harass people and stuff like that.

Funny thing - many years ago, someone I kept arguing with badly on the Internet actually sat next to me in class. The argues never left the net.

I think it takes more discipline and experience to respect the Internet and not go verbally a-bombin' people. You don't even have to hold back on the Internet. Face to face, you have little choice. So yes, it does reveal your true self in a way...perhaps not completely though.

Welcome, everybody, to the GIFT of the internet.

I'm just as friendly off the tubes as on them. If I like you, I'll be relatively civil when talking to you. If I don't like you, I've got no objection to letting you know. Only difference is that online, I've got a bit more time to think about how best to insult you for whatever stupid thing you might have said or done, or alternatively, to consider the best way in which to agree wholeheartedly with your perfectly valid and well-spoken point.

Originally Posted by Adm Manhammer

I'm just as friendly off the tubes as on them. If I like you, I'll be relatively civil when talking to you. If I don't like you, I've got no objection to letting you know. Only difference is that online, I've got a bit more time to think about how best to insult you for whatever stupid thing you might have said or done, or alternatively, to consider the best way in which to agree wholeheartedly with your perfectly valid and well-spoken point.

This, exactly this. IRL, I actually edit myself, just like online - I'd be halfway through a sentence when I realise I could say it better, and start again. It bugs me no end, but I've done it before I even realise I'm doing it. I generally treat people the same online or IRL, and am roughly of the same confidence level.