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Nice friendly open minded people on forums-obnoxious rude and arrogant on chatrooms.
Ever encountered this before? I have, people who you thought you knew adopt a whole new persona.
Are you the real you on the forums? Are you hiding any certain charateristic you posess to make you seem more appealing to onlookers, so that you might "fit in"? I know a user on an other forum who's a real jerk who expresses what he thinks,it might not be what you want to hear but it's him and his opinion. For that I respect him because he says what he thinks despite the risk of unpopularity. Sure it's nice to have an all time friendly atmosphere in forums but not if it comes at the cost of true indivduality. I've felt on a number of occasions if this person is really as friendly as he makes out to be or if someone is holding back.
Am I encouraging flaming? No.
Am I being a idiotic bigot? I hope not.
I admit to modifying my personality win certain situations (when confronting a troll I do not react as I would want to but as the TOS state I must).
Are you acting like the real you?
What is your opinion on this matter? I'm curious as to what others believe.
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