How has being online changed you?

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   IntimatEvolutionposted 12 years ago

   I saw this topic on another forum thread I belong too.  I thought it was real interesting. 
   
   For me, it has been a tool for breaking me out of my depression. I'm no longer moody, crying, and tired all the time.  I look forward to coming here, after I have logged online.  Being online has also helped me to become brighter.  Like I got a money lesson from Misha, just earlier this evening.
   
   Therefore, I'm wondering how has it changed you?

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      wsp2469posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Yes.  In the real world I'm just a shy, sweet, innocent white boy perfectly safe to take home and seduce into your bed for a weekend of debauchery.
      here, however, I am something else.

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   Rafiniposted 12 years ago

   For me, I feel freer.  Mostly for expressing myself. 

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   sneakorocksolidposted 12 years ago

   I learned to do something on the computer and I also get to broadcast to the world I can't spell worth a damn!

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   Mishaposted 12 years ago

   I would say that this is ongoing process, rather than a set result. I think I am getting more open. Also, learning to deal with people.

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      Jane@CMposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I agree with Misha's statement. 
      
      Personally I don't look at "online" as strictly message boards, email and writing.  Its a great tool that I use to learn about so many things.

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   wyanjenposted 12 years ago

   I'm less naive.
   I can take what I read at face value, but with just enough suspicion that I don't get burned when it turns out that I've been talking to an invented personality.
   
   Plus, I'm much quicker at spotting the invented personalities.
   

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   grannygoodearthposted 12 years ago

   After working 60 hour weeks for most of my life and then suddenly finding myself "retired", I found that I was really becoming depressed. Writing on the internet gives me a reason to stay "connected" to the world-even if it is the internet. I've met really good people and I feel a responsibility to be a good member of the writing community.
   
   Responsibility, commitment and obligation help to keep one motivated. Plus learning about the ins and outs of internet writing has also kept me challenged.
   
   Internet writing has made a big difference in the quality of my life.

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   B.C. BOUTIQUEposted 12 years ago

   it has made me want to be more social and interact more with others..

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   Iðunnposted 12 years ago

   Internet communities have given me have much greater appreciation for real life interactions including interacting at church, with friends and relatives, dating real people, and interacting with daily acquaintances while running errands or whatever. 
   
   I was atypically trusting when I began dealing with others online because I assumed if I was real and honest and harmless, most others were too.  It was a bad assumption.  Online communities seem to attract mainly people who are incapable of real life interactions and are no healthier in dealing with others on the internet either. 
   
   The flip side of that is that it really built up my self esteem regarding my own flaws and defects... other people are so much meaner, creepier and crazier than I, that I feel almost giddy about just being plain old imperfect me. :p

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   cosetteposted 12 years ago

   

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    blatvaposted 12 years ago

    It has.... let me be who I feel I am.

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       wyanjenposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I like that answer

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       Dao Hoaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       It is for me too!

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    blondepoetposted 12 years ago

    I don't think it has changed me, but it has enabled me to get a lot of my chest that I haven't had the chance to do so before.

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       harryincposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Being Online is the only thing I do most of the time. 24 Hours are too less for me to get my online stuff done. So there is no more boredom now.

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    Ghost32posted 12 years ago

    It lets me yell louder (reach more people).
    
    Don't believe it's actually changed me, though....

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    Sanctus Vesaniaposted 12 years ago

    Ever since being online I have learned that I can be anyone I want to be.  Today I'm a 26 year old female, but tomorrow I'll be a 34 year old business man from Colorado.  Next week I'll be an up and coming rock star.

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       tantrumposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       
       I once was a man , now I'm my real self.
       
       I use online to study different psychological characters.I like to study people. See what their reactions are to different stimulus.
       I know sometimes I'm annoying to certain hubbers. Others respect me and like me.
       I learn a lot about it.
       and laugh a lot as well
       

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          cheaptrickposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          I'm sure All the guys are Very Happy to SEE your Real self.I now I am!

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    cheaptrickposted 12 years ago

    I used to be Confident with Good self Esteem.
    Then I went on line and....BAM!...fruit cakes!

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    figmentposted 12 years ago

    I'm getting all my old journals out and converting them to them computer.  I don't have to use spell check as much

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    IntimatEvolutionposted 12 years ago

    That is another thing, I've become a better speller, since online.

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    emievilposted 12 years ago

    It made me write more plus it exposed me to a lot more cultures, personalities and beliefs. I mean before I went online, I never actually met an atheist .

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