Do you have an Internet persona?

[Sacman]

Nah.

I don't see the point in pretending to be something else on the internet.

I'm the exact same here as I am in the real world.

Some people do it with realizing it... When I started posting here I was terribly depressed and didn't talk period, but it didn't show through in my posts, because if it did I would have no posts... but anyway, I wasn't actively looking for comparisons between RL and online me so I really couldn't say if there was a difference or not at the time...

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Nope not any more. 10-12 years ago, like all teens i tried to act a little more "grown-up" and like the most i overdid it. Now im happy with my childish illogical behaviour, double standarts and unfairness, just like in RL.

 

[Valksy]

Nope. What you would see on line is pretty much what you would get in reality. From newsgroups to IRC and onward I have always endeavoured to behave as I would if I was standing in a room with the people that I was talking to. I have no patience for people who put on persona - One ride on the "I know we met on line but we are in love" roundabout was enough for me to get properly pissed when people put on a fake identity (not her name, not her picture, not her profession. Loved her anyway but pulled the plug because I have this funny thing about needing people to tell me the truth..)

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Nope. I'm pretty much exactly the same as in real life. I never really saw a point in pretending to be something different online. And most people that do it are very obvious anyway.

Great answer.
Interestingly enough, I might have developed bipolar-ism from posting on forums way too much. Toasty, my persona, is a slightly arrogant, totally awesome sexist. Who is occasionally a dinosaur. Almost completely opposite from the /real/ me.

You can do italics by encapsulating the words with ["i"] something [/"i"] without the quotation marks.

OT: Not really, but I base my personality in real life and online by piecing together traits of different fictional characters I like.

 

[Custard_Angel]

When I'm online I'm typically much more of a douche than I am in real life.

I'm kind, quiet and honest in my real life.

I reserve the right to be a snarling douchebag online.

 

[mParadox]

Pretty much the same on and offline.

But if you do want to witness people with an identity crisis i recommend you go to /b/.

 

[Evilsanta]

Nope...Atleast i dont think so.

Well, I have a tentency to laugh like a manic when i play TF2 over the mic.

 

[ottenni]

Yeah, i dont have laser eyes in real life.

But one day i will, one day...

 

[Queen Michael]

Nah, I'm like I am in real life. Creating a persona's too much work.

 

[King Toasty]

I am comprised of a series of ones and zeroes, hu-man. I exist only in this realm of cyberspace yet am in all things. What you perceive as "Dr. Whiggs" is merely a series of subconscious triggers reflecting your innermost desires. I am the you that could be but never will.

I am All and Nothing.

I am Creation and Destruction.

I am Life and Death.

I AM.

Wait a minute. Are you Legion?

 

[King Toasty]

What you see is what you get.

Unlike a padded bra?

 

[ShakerSilver]

I guess I'm just a bit more open and not as reserved as I am in RealLife©. It's not really intentional, since I used to just as open, but every since I moved to Lebanon, I tend to keep to myself.

 

[Nannernade]

I suppose I do, as far as personality goes I act the same except I make the effort to talk to people online more than I do in real life.

 

[DonMartin]

Well, to be honest, Im have a personality disorder, have had it the last few years. Im not the only one, of course, lots of people have this problem. Sometimes it's bad, sometimes it's better. My point being Im not sure who I am in real life, a lot of the time, so I cant really compare. But I think I usually try to be pretty cheerful and make people laugh. My humour is a lot different online, though.

But I enjoy creating characters when on the net, so to speak, as do many others. And I try to be funny. I try.

 

[DonMartin]

Yeah, i dont have laser eyes in real life.

But one day i will, one day...

Must.. Be.. Patient...

Soon.

 

[spartan1077]

Yes. Although I have like six different personalities on and offline all rolled into one. For example I am actually myself on teh interwebs while in real life I try to make everyone hate me for some reason. Also on teh interwebs people don't judge for who I really am. In real life they do.

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

I'm generally much quieter and wittier on the internet than I am in real life. In real life I tend to be louder and make lots of frankly very stupid jokes. I guess I'm just more patient online than I usually am due to the fact that people may not ever even see what I type, so I don't expect some sort of response from them, and also due to me not knowing who I am talking to I tend to be less open because they could be lying about ever single thing they have said.

 

[King Toasty]

I'm generally much quieter and wittier on the internet than I am in real life. In real life I tend to be louder and make lots of frankly very stupid jokes. I guess I'm just more patient online than I usually am due to the fact that people may not ever even see what I type, so I don't expect some sort of response from them, and also due to me not knowing who I am talking to I tend to be less open because they could be lying about ever single thing they have said.

I usually trust people online.
I base this trust on the fact that I'm too lazy to lie, so must other people. Not always true, of course, but it puts my mind at rest.

 

[The Man With the Soap]

I have the same split personality online as I do in real life.

 

[Vesuvius Hetlan]

I take up the Mantle of Hetlan online. Far more aggressive but at the same time thoughtful.