Isn't it cool

**b12** · 09-21-2011 10:51 PM

to be a part of an online forum? You can create your own identity. Have people who don't even know you, and can't see you, view you in whatever way you choose...whether it be completely yourself, a different aspect of your personality, or to completely create your own.

Or of course, you could just BS your way around. I could say I'm a high-profile communications consultant who has worked for Coca-Cola, BMW, and Exxon Mobile, I make $450k a year and have a perfect-10 model wife...and you'd never REALLY know, as long as I was smart enough to back it up in my posts.

Awesome, right? So tell me...who are you, really?

**ooflendoodle** · 09-21-2011 10:59 PM

The stone that the builder refused.

**Solarflare** · 09-21-2011 11:06 PM

why is this in meta

**b12** · 09-21-2011 11:14 PM

Its forum-related isn't it

**Arch** · 09-21-2011 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by b12

Its forum-related isn't it

Mhm, not really. : )

**Solarflare** · 09-21-2011 11:17 PM

Originally Posted by b12

Its forum-related isn't it

if you can say this is forum related than everything is forum related because your asking opinions from people

forum related is forum related. like bugs and problems.

**Puffin** · 09-21-2011 11:17 PM

Moved this to the Lounge; Meta is more for technical-related aspects of the site.

I don't see the need to lie about myself or embellish my image on a forum. If I'm not proud of something or if there are personal aspects of my life that I don't want others to know about, I probably won't say so (which is the same in real life). Nothing can be gained from making a fake image of yourself online; you might get attention but I prefer attention from people who know the real me. I don't want to lie and make up things just to get the reputation I want.

**Original Poster** · 09-21-2011 11:21 PM

I get laid often.

(not really)

**Seroquel** · 09-21-2011 11:33 PM

Oh I'm just a dreamer.

Originally Posted by ooflendoodle

The stone that the builder refused.

shall be the head corner stone~

**Zhaylin** · 09-21-2011 11:48 PM

My ex-husband taught me one thing. "He who talks the loudest usually has the least to say." Meaning, everything he says is likely to be BS or that the opposite of what is being said is actually the truth.
I assume what people say is true unless I read something like "I'm a high-profile communications consultant who has worked for Coca-Cola, BMW, and Exxon Mobile, I make $450k a year and have a perfect-10 model wife."

I'm just a boring house-wife who's addicted to Hulu, EQ2, fast food and cigarettes

Nothing special here, move along

**Darkmatters** · 09-21-2011 11:49 PM

The builder that refused the stone.

Also the stoner that refused to build.

**Seroquel** · 09-21-2011 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

Also the stoner that refused to build.

**ooflendoodle** · 09-21-2011 11:56 PM

I'm the visual, the inspiration that made women sing the blues

**Tara** · 09-22-2011 12:04 AM

I'm a work in progress.

**DeeryTheDeer** · 09-22-2011 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by Puffin

I don't see the need to lie about myself or embellish my image on a forum. If I'm not proud of something or if there are personal aspects of my life that I don't want others to know about, I probably won't say so (which is the same in real life). Nothing can be gained from making a fake image of yourself online; you might get attention but I prefer attention from people who know the real me. I don't want to lie and make up things just to get the reputation I want.

That's a great viewpoint. I've usually been hiding my identity on whatever forums I frequent, sometimes feeling embarrassed about what people must think of me because of things I post and wanting to "start over" as a new user, to seem smarter or more mature I guess. Now I'm getting more comfortable with just being myself and letting people know who I am (of course I'm not gonna send out phone numbers or social security or anything). Without the internet, we go into the world and people automatically see what we really look like, hear what we really sound like, etc, and it's not the end of the world, so why should it be any different on the net?

**MadMonkey** · 09-22-2011 12:24 AM

I portray myself pretty much the same on the internet as I do in real life although instead of an insane monkey I am a fairly reasonable human.

**ooflendoodle** · 09-22-2011 12:48 AM

I'm the spark that makes your idea bright, the very same same spark that illuminates the darkness so you can know your left side from your right side.

**funnky** · 09-22-2011 12:53 AM

im just a internet tough guy

**Supernova** · 09-22-2011 01:12 AM

Originally Posted by Puffin

Moved this to the Lounge; Meta is more for technical-related aspects of the site.

I don't see the need to lie about myself or embellish my image on a forum. If I'm not proud of something or if there are personal aspects of my life that I don't want others to know about, I probably won't say so (which is the same in real life). Nothing can be gained from making a fake image of yourself online; you might get attention but I prefer attention from people who know the real me. I don't want to lie and make up things just to get the reputation I want.

BINGO. The number 1 reason I love this place is that I feel like I can be perfectly open about myself and be accepted for it. I feel like, on the whole, people here are more mature than many of the people I interact with on a day-to-day basis. People who are ready to have an interesting and intelligent conversation about just about anything.

The other cool thing, of course, is that the internet provides common ground where people from all over the world can meet.

**mooseantlers** · 09-22-2011 01:33 AM

I do not act in the least bit here, I am my full self, that is a reason why I love it so much.

**Invader** · 09-22-2011 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by b12

Or of course, you could just BS your way around. I could say I'm a high-profile communications consultant who has worked for Coca-Cola, BMW, and Exxon Mobile, I make $450k a year and have a perfect-10 model wife...and you'd never REALLY know, as long as I was smart enough to back it up in my posts.

Yep, only as long as you were smart enough. It's not that difficult to read people based on how they present their language. I don't need to look at some peoples' profiles for instance to have a general idea of their age.

Me? I'm a dragon-demon-hedgehog with a yokage sword of ultimate destruction, and I'm usually cool and badass and mostly angry and I can be really really funny and people want to be my friends but I don't have any because... Because I don't need them! I DON'T NEED FRIENDS! THAT'S WHY! GET OUT OF MY LIFE!

**Spartiate** · 09-22-2011 04:04 AM

I'm way too awesome to make anything up.

**funnky** · 09-22-2011 04:12 AM

Originally Posted by Spartiate

I'm way too awesome to make anything up.

lol is that so?

**Spartiate** · 09-22-2011 04:20 AM

Damn right.

**Unelias** · 09-22-2011 01:23 PM

I am a person who fails to give even 5% of his true nature through walls of language and faceless internet.

I will be limiting myself a quite a bit in these parts. But if you'd ever met me in person, I promise you can get to see a whole different person. I never deal serious matter other way than face to face in real life. ( text messages, IM etc )