So I've been going thru this mini internet crisis. Seems my sweet caring nature IRL doesn't carry over to the net all that well. In every real life group I've been apart of I'm known as the "good girl", the "peacekeeper", "level-headed" one. Now FTR I've never been scared to give my opinion even when it isn't popular, but the people that know and love me, know that I'm not being malicious, and listen with an open heart. They give me the benefit of the doubt because we are friends.
Huge disconnect with that reality and the cyber me apparently. Now I know it's common for cyber personalities to have bigger balls OL than IRL, but honestly, I have the same "attitude" off line as I have on. The only person I seem to piss off IRL is my sister. I have the same discussions online and offline, and the only people I ever seem to piss off are the onliners. I really don't know what to think about that. Guess I will have to get used to it.
FTR, I have been banned on two message boards my entire internet life. I have been online for 13 years! Once after emailing admin with my disapproval for a policy change ( a conversation I have had-even heatedly- with other admins without being banned), and once during the mass bannings at TPP, and that hardly counts, as I am still a member ;)
*Shrug*
On a great note, I got the chance to YIM with somebody I really enjoy on one of the message boards where I participate, and as it turns out she curses like a sailor! I just about fell out of my seat laughing. I've known this woman for almost 2 years, and I would never guess that she was a cusser. I'm pleasantly surprised, and it just makes me love her even more.
I guess if it takes a mini-crisis to become closer to a friend, then I am all for it ;)