http://extradot.org/2008/05/11/other-thoughts/ Extradot's Official Headquarters Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:54:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://extradot.org/2008/05/11/other-thoughts/#comment-9 Seroph Wed, 14 May 2008 15:31:29 +0000 http://extradot.org/?p=42#comment-9 I know that I just prefer to keep my online identity my online identity and my real identity my real identity. though in some cases people met through online may become part of my real life. I guess it goes back to when I was in college and did a project where you spent the semester working with another person that was assigned to you but you were only allowed to contact each other via IM/E-mail using assigned user names. The end result was you never really knew who you were working with and also you found that some walls we put up in the real world do not apply to the virtual world. example being someone that outwardly seemed like someone you had nothing in common with could end up being a lot like you. I guess I am not concerned that someone could find me I just prefer to have the me that has been online all these years be the same side of me as it has been in the past. I know that I just prefer to keep my online identity my online identity and my real identity my real identity. though in some cases people met through online may become part of my real life. I guess it goes back to when I was in college and did a project where you spent the semester working with another person that was assigned to you but you were only allowed to contact each other via IM/E-mail using assigned user names. The end result was you never really knew who you were working with and also you found that some walls we put up in the real world do not apply to the virtual world. example being someone that outwardly seemed like someone you had nothing in common with could end up being a lot like you. I guess I am not concerned that someone could find me I just prefer to have the me that has been online all these years be the same side of me as it has been in the past.

]]> http://extradot.org/2008/05/11/other-thoughts/#comment-8 like_a_god Wed, 14 May 2008 04:06:17 +0000 http://extradot.org/?p=42#comment-8 Yes, it is very therapeutic. I also find that it allows people from various parts of my life see parts that they may not normally be privy too. Granted this can be as much of a blessing as a curse. Just keep in mind, whichever name you use there is always a way that a reader, especially a skilled one, can link stuff back to you! Yes, it is very therapeutic. I also find that it allows people from various parts of my life see parts that they may not normally be privy too. Granted this can be as much of a blessing as a curse. Just keep in mind, whichever name you use there is always a way that a reader, especially a skilled one, can link stuff back to you!

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