• the_infernal_optimist said on May 16, 2008....

  I'm a bit less shy here than IRL, but other than that, I think what you see is what you get. :)
  
  You do tend to form intense friendships faster online, because there's none of the physical/face-to-face beginning stuff to get out of the way. It's basically emotion to emotion on these pages.
  
  ~Infernal
  

• quietone said on May 16, 2008....

  I am less shy here, and more apt to give a virtual hug as where in RL I hesitate to get close.. I am more open here. 

• evil_twin said on May 16, 2008....

  My answer is pretty much the same as Infernal and quietone. I'm a lot less shy here than I am in real life. But otherwise, I'm just me. Not as many people get to see the real me in person because I am shy and I keep to myself. But not here! I'm not sure why that is. It's just easier to meet people and start conversations when they can't see you.
  
  -evil_twin LA
  

• exhibit_c said on May 16, 2008....

  I'm much more aggressive on SC than in real life, especially with respect to sex.

• uniquely-ironic said on May 16, 2008....

  I'd say I am about the same.  If anything I tend to be more reserved with my words here since they are written.  I tend to filter them a little better rather than just blurting out things in RL.

  I know, it seems unlikely I could be even more outspoken but it's true. :)

• Lucytorial said on May 16, 2008....

  The only real difference is that here I can be a loud mouth, talk a lot and I mean A LOT I'm usually quieter in real life and much more serious, but my personality is the same

• skald said on May 16, 2008....

  I talk to a lot of people in real life. I am exactly the same there as there. I know there whom to trust and whom not. I have a few very good friends. Some of them I have had all my life but I have many acquaintances  and to me there is a big difference between friends and acquaintances.  

• wombat said on May 16, 2008....

  I may have a hard time explaining this, but I will give it a quick shot.

  I am, first of all, the same here as I am in other places--meaning I am too honest for my own good sometimes, I try to be polite, and I live with the same kind of "guilt" here when I mess up as I do otherwise.  (good example---I failed to reply individually to my recent post, and I feel bad about my apology note!)

  What I would like to say though is:  Somehow I feel like I have become a "more well-rounded" person--a more complete person---since I have spent time on SC with you all.  This is hard to explain, but I have been feeling like a "whole person" lately.  Something has always made me feel not a real part of the world most of my life.  I guess I feel connected--and like all the facets of my day come together in a full circle when I have my work, my home, my family, and now--my SC friends!  I feel like I am finally "alive!"

  Hope you don't think that's too weird!

• Eilan said on May 16, 2008....

  I think I'm pretty much the same online as I am IRL: honest, straightforward, not always polite, and a bit passive-aggressive.

• brit said on May 16, 2008....

  Well....at first I was going to say that I am the same here as I am in real life. But I dunno. I sorta see my use of this site as an extension of the real world, I mean this is a real site with communication with real people, so....yeah. I dunno if I'm making a whole lot of sense.
  But I can say, friends I make here I do communicate with just as if we were in person, face-to-face. Whether I am shy, or not as open, depends on the other party, ya know?

• diabolicdame said on May 17, 2008....

  infernal: Emotion to emotion.. very true.. I do feel the initial part of making contact can be the hardest in RL and this place eliminates that.. I agree.
  
  quietone: Now that you mention it, I give hugs a lot more easily here too than in real life! hehe..
  
  e_t:I feel the same way.. though I am not shy in real life either.. not even close! But I am maybe a little reserved.
  
  exhibit_c: I guess it is easier to be aggressive on the internet.. anonymity helps I think.
  
  u-i: Now thats a bit different.. most poeple seem to be saying they're more conservative in RL.. you really are unique!  :-)
  
  LucyT: I'm glad. If you were serious here, SC would be missing out on a lot!   :-D
  
  skald: I agree.. friends and acquaintances are totally different. I have maybe 3 very good friends in real life and the rest I count as acquaintances..
  
  wombat: No thats not weird.. thats great because you're getting something out of your time and effort here. I sort of feel the same way.. I mean to be really a part of something always feels good.
  
  Eilan: Being true to yourself then. Though I never really sensed the passive aggressive at all..
  
  brit: It does depend on the other party too.. I agree.. I mean some people just know how to draw you out.. and others can make you crawl back in your shell! So yeah.. it dos depend.
  
  

• MissMimi said on May 17, 2008....

  Perhaps a bit more outgoing here, but Mimi is very much me.  I write pretty much the same way I speak. 

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• scipio said on May 17, 2008....

  Not much different from the real life. May be a little more on some issues.
  Since the time I have been on soul cast - I have come to know that basically we  all have the same daily issues - only distance and time seperates us.
  SC has made a lot of difference to everyone on this site  and just goes to prove that we are not alone. Sharing the problem & discussing the issues and obtaining good advice has lightened the burden which would have not been possible other wise in real life. Thanks, my fellow Soul casters for being there.
  A candle loses nothing if its used to light another one.

• hotaka said on May 17, 2008....

  I am what I show. Previously I thought I would let out my inner secrets here but then my life hit calamity, I told all, someone important found out, shit really hit the fan and in the end I decided just to talk about happy fun things and not get into personal troubles. But some people stuck by me as dear friends would and because of that I trust a few people here and when I have something nagging at me I have once or twice sent a PM to one or two of those dear friends.
  Dark hours aside, yes, I am that chipper, happy go-lucky, mountain-loving, camera-toting, intellectually-struggling, nice guy that you have come to know and love.
  

• wishyouwerehere said on May 17, 2008....

  Great post!  Like others have mentioned, I am a lot more vocal here than I am in real life, but overall, I am still that introspective geek who thinks way too much and complicates things that should be simple!

• CreativeWoman said on May 17, 2008....

  I'm pretty much the same in real life with one major exception.  In the real world I keep my feelings bottled up.  Here I let them flow.
  
  CW
  

• curmudgeon said on May 17, 2008....

  What a great question! Actually I'd say I'm about the same, only I have more opportunities to interact with people on a variety of subjects I'm interested in.
   
  Sometimes I do play the curmudgeon role more to the hilt than I might in real life, but otherwise, yeah, this is my personality.
   
  Sorry, folks.

• CayenneMan said on May 17, 2008....

     I am the same personality here as I am in real life.But I must come clean to you all about something I've been hiding from you for along time. I've secretly brought it up in comments in the past but it seemed to blow right past you going unnoticed but this time I can not hide it any longer for diabolicdame has busted me. I need to get myself together for I am sitting here at this key board wiping away the tears for I have betrayed all of you. I should have just told you straight from the beginning but I have failed, please, please forgive me.                                  As far as striking up a conversation on the street in real life I am exactly the same.I treat everyone the same. Woman,man,dog or cat, cop or robber everybody just the same. In fact just the other day I pulled up next to an elderly man who was driving a 1957 Chevrolet Belair. It was red with a black convertable top, it looked showroom new I said to this man " Excuse me sir but are you still asking five hundred dollars for that car ?" he turned bright red I thought he was going to have a stroke. So yes I am a cold hearted no good son of a . . . in real life . . . something I try to hide from you at SoulCast.

                        Well now let me expose my shame to you . . . I've tried sprays and magic marker's but nothing seems to work I have big feet size 14w people can follow me for miles even at the beach . . . 

     

       

   

• D6fer said on May 17, 2008....

  I am pretty much the same, except I don't bring up much of the subject matter in real life that I do here, for the most part.....I'll talk politics and Religion with those I know hold my same views with a few exceptions in real life.....but if you read any of my non political/religion stuff....then that is pretty much me.

• travelr712 said on May 17, 2008....

  it's not so much that i'm different irl, it's more that people make up their own perceptions of personalities in a format where it's only typed words because of the lack of a physical presence. we're conditioned to making assessments of people by facial expression, voice inflection and body language, and without those cues, we impose them ourselves. kinda like seeing shapes in clouds, if you will. so no, i'm not different irl, but you would probably think i am because i wouldn't fit the model of me that you percieved.

• Mr_Box said on May 17, 2008....

  My personality is pretty much the same here. If anything, I'm more reserved here than in person. I tend to be incredibly sarcastic in real life. But with words on a screen, I fear I'd come off as an ass instead.
  
  
  Sometimes sarcasm doesn't translate well with the written word because the other person can't see your expression or hear your voice. Or see that you're laughing as you say something and are not serious.

• I'mNotHungry said on May 17, 2008....

  I am much more honest about myself here, than IRL.  I share more of my feelings here than I do to most people in my life, with the exception of my shrink.

  I'm sure it has something to do with the anonimity here and I can *show* my true feelings, my inner self, in all of it's grief, shame, blame and self-hatred.  That is what initially drew me here.

  IRL, I am much more reserved.  I have a *public image* to uphold, and I hesitate to show my *flaws* to others.
  
  With respect to my comments on other peoples blogs here - it is much the same as the advice, comments I make IRL. I am a sympathetic person (except with myself), and I genuinely care about others. 

  Probably more than you wanted to know about me, huh?
  H.

   

• Twylarants said on May 17, 2008....

  I'm nice here. I typed "nicer" originally, but that implies I'm nice in real life.
  I'm not.
  

• Fire-flower said on May 18, 2008....

  You would probably find I was a lot more light-hearted if you met me in person, but you probably know more of who I really am from my posts, if that makes any sense at all........

• diabolicdame said on May 18, 2008....

  Mimi: Being yourself! Its the best way to be, right?  :-)
  
  scopio: Its true really.. everyone has the same issues.. we're not all that different form each other at all! I love that thing you said about a candle. Very apt.
  
  hotaka: Oh you very much are that camera loving, mountain trotting, chipper fellow! I do think so! But thats too bad about the shit hitting the fan..  suppose if that hadn't happened we would have gotten to know more about you or know you better. Actually even I thought I'd talk about some personal secrets.. stuff that happened in my life. But I find that I'm not able to do that now. Its grim stuff and now that I'm here I just don't want to bring it up. So I sort of understand.
  
  wishy: Thank you! And don't we all think too much? Ok maybe some of us do a little more than others. hehe.. :-)
  
  CW: All bottled up? Thats not very good you know. I'm glad you have this place atleast to let it all out!
  
  curm: There is more opportunity that way. I also feel the same. And sometimes even I can be a little curmudgeonly! lol.. It actually feels good sometimes!
  
  Cman: hahahaha.. I think you hide that bit about being a cold hearted son of a ... pretty well! I would have never suspected! lol.. And well.. you know what they say about men with big feet..
  big feet.. big.. big.. big shoes ofcourse! :-D
  
  D6fer: Hmmn.. then people who meet you in real life are missing out on something I think!  :-)
  
  trav: Thats interesting. We do perceive people's personalities more by body language, voice modulations etc.. In the absence of all that here, our perceptions are bound to be different. I agree.
  
  Mr. Box: See that is a little uncommon now.. that you are more reserved here. I also feel that sometimes when you're actually saying something with a smile on your face, it can come off as something else if people can't see that smile! I think thats why I use smileys so much. Like I'm going to now.  :-)
  
  hun: You always do come across as someone that genuinely cares. And we all try to hide our flaws in RL and keep up our image.. and thats not more than I wanted to know! I'd love to know more even! Thats why we're here.. to get to know about each other!  :-)
  
  Twyla: Hahahaha.. lol.. you're so funny!
  
  
  
  
  

• diabolicdame said on May 18, 2008....

  fire-flower: That makes perfect sense and I also relate to that. Honesty comes easily here.  :-)

• silverwhisper said on May 18, 2008....

  honestly, i'm a bit less opinionated and confrontational on SC than i am IRL. but otherwise, i'm the same, i think.
  
  hm...a few people know me outside of SC who would be better able to answer the question.
  
  ed

• diabolicdame said on May 18, 2008....

  Really? I think I can be more opinionated in RL.. I don't remember having to be particularly opinionated on anything here.. as in having to debate something with someone.. not yet anyway.

• catch22 said on May 18, 2008....

  more liberal

• bluegum said on May 19, 2008....

  yep what you read is what you get,hold still there is a fly on your head dontt mmmooovvveee i'l get him blue slowly picks up the fly swatter and zero's in swatter decending at 100mph as diabolical chicken's out and runs to cover..

  blue.

• diabolicdame said on May 19, 2008....

  bluegum: Yikes! *still running*.. Stop swatting on me bluey!! Don't make me get me own swatter out!  :-D
  

• soaringraven said on May 21, 2008....

  I don't really know yet.  I tend to think I am, no, I know that I am more open here.  It recently has been pointed out that my tone here changes somewhat from time to time, depending upon the matter at hand.

  I don't try to be interesting, hopeless cause at best, but I do try to be upbeat most of the time.

  soaring

  And put those silly fly swatters aside children, I've got my battery powered water cannon right here.  I'll wash them pesky critters away!  Stand still now!

• diabolicdame said on May 21, 2008....

  soaring: More open is good, you know.. I thought I would be too but turns out I'm not! Infact I've noticed that if I come across something I don't think I can be nice about or accept, I just stay away from it. I think I should be more open too. And I love that water cannon! hahahaha..  :-)

• boyette said on May 23, 2008....

  To me, telling my stories here at SoulCast is not a plastic one. This is just my first opportunity to run on my stories at this blog spot. For the past 3 hours, this afternoon, I have just begun sending my blogs. There are still more to tell tomorrow and the upcoming days which are the real stories about me.

• diabolicdame said on May 23, 2008....

  boyette: Looking forward to reading them!  :-)

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