What about you?

Question

Are you nicer, meaner or about the same on this site as you are off line? Does having to type your answers or questions make you stop and think about what you say, or do you use the annonymusity of this site to say harsh things you wouldn't say off line? Or does this not affect your behavior?

As for me, I think I'm nicer on line. Typing makes me think and even at my worst, I've already toned down what I was going to say. I have not failsafes off line and will often say what comes to mind.

Answer 1

Not long ago my boss and I discussed this subject. I don't really think that I am either nicer or meaner on-line. But I am much more formal. I think about what I type, re-read it before sending, am a bit anal about spelling, and my vocabulary is much larger. In person, I am a very informal person. I butcher the English language with slang, use a lot of facial expressions (sometimes without words), and use descriptions like "thing-a-ma-bob" and "thingy" often.

I don't mean to be different on-line but I can't help it. I start typing and it turns out in a formal style. But I try to be polite whether in person or on-line.

Answer 2

In the real world I'm seldom want to bother expressing my thoughts with exception to my Girlfriend and upon occasion my Family and closest friends. Even as such I am limited in the amount I care to discourse given the interplay of conversation and of course the natural decorum that these interactions allow for. I use this medium as a cathartic release from the mind numbing events I need to address as I resolve my way into the journey towards the abyss. To the public at general I vacillate between the kind and the cruel as the situation dictates and expedience requires, I have no set way of being. Oh these things that I have done, to build my world around me; to the grave; outside this box; and into the next! Thank You for this excellent question.

Answer 3

This is a good question. I'm pretty much the same online as offline. As for this site specifically, I think it depends on the tone of the question posed that determines how I will respond. If I detect hostility or mean-spirited nature in the question, I won't always be kind in response (and that's if I choose to respond to such a question). Generally, though, I try to answer questions in person and online with respect for the asker...and an understanding that rudeness doesn't get you very far.

Answer 4

I am a blunt person I say what I feel. I type the truth on here and most do not care. I am the same off line as I am here.

Answer 5

Just the opposite for me. I do not mind telling Christians what I think of their religion on here-as I have Christian friends, I would never say anything to people. I do find the more time I spend on here in a day's time, I get angrier and angrier and have more and more to say-in not such a nice way.

Answer 6

interesting question! I think I'm more honest and direct than I would be if I were asked the same question face to face. Here, if the person doesn't like my answer I don't feel bad about that, because it is of little consequence to myself. Yet I try not to be rude.

Answer 7

I'm generally about the same.

I put the same amount of thought into what I speak as what I write. Even the vocabulary and cadence of my writing mirrors my speech.

Certainly when I click into sarcastic mode, any person who knows me in "real life" would recognize my writing here!

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Answer 8

I think I'm about the same. I am usually sincere and thoughtful but there are times I say crass and thoughtless things either as a joke or due to stress.

Answer 9

I am about the same as I am toward people I don't know very well. I am nicer to those I am close to in real life.

Answer 10

I'm about the same, I just have a greatly widened vocabulary on line than I do off