Do you have a friend who...

[i h e a r t s m l]

...acts differently from real life and on the internet? I have a friend who is nice in real life but STUPID, NASTY, AND DUMB online. I'm not naming people, it's just on a different website and I think this one too.

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[sgt.Frosty]

perhaps they are a troll? I have a friend who is exactly the same, cant say you want to talk to them on the internet but your totally cool with talking to them face to face  

[violent_memories]

None of my friends are like that (that I know of), although my little sister has a friend who is.  

[Ligand]

Many people change how they act to adapt to the environment. You'd be polite at a fancy restaurant , but probably joke around at lunch with your friends. The internet is host to an endless amount of destructive litany. Your friend is just..following the crowd =x

It could also have loads to do with the disinhibition effect.  

[Uchihaichiraku]

For me it's the total opposite. My friend acts like a cranky souless, bitter old man in real life, but on the internet he is extremely sweet, polite, and chipper. It's kinda creepy.... confused  

[Ichigo Kurosaki711]

yup 3 acturally  

[KuroSeiryu]

@Uchihaichiraku: lol


I think I'm one of the people you're talking about, IRL I act all nice around my family and all, but with my friends I'm a little more myself....Online though...I let me be me. twisted  

[An Unforgettable Fire]

My sister is like that sometimes, it gets REALLY annoying.  

[Trash Oracle]

It's annoying when you know the person in real life but not bad at all when it's a stranger.  

[Sari Frost]

i'm a little more confident and social online than i am in real life

but what you have is definitely annoying  

[jessi_angel94_2]

well some people can act different over the internet because they feel it gives them a chance to change who they are, kind of like a new start.  

[xlegendxofxmerahx]

I'm definately the same on and offline, and pretty much everyone i know is, too. Except in real life i don't end every sentence with a smiley face or 'lol' or something like that.  

[I3ad_Din0]

I showed this site to a friend of mine once. After he made an account he started hitting on me here. I didn't know he was gay, there was no hint of it in real life.

It made our friendship very, very, very awkward.  

[ozrocks_ILE]

yeah. mi friend is. hes really weird, yet nice n funny in real life, but mean and unresponsive on here. i guess hes just tryin to be cool. its not.

 

[XxMoonPandaxX]

yup, meh 2 T^T but IM NOT LIKE THAT, YAYZ!!! mrgreen