Comments for Extradot.org http://extradot.org Extradot's Official Headquarters Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:47:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on What is in a Name by JJ http://extradot.org/2008/05/11/what-is-in-a-name/#comment-14 JJ Sun, 18 May 2008 03:58:44 +0000 http://extradot.org/?p=43#comment-14 By 1998, I had been consistently using a screenname for four years already :P Prior to that, I also had various... Thus, you're still a youngin' :wink: By 1998, I had been consistently using a screenname for four years already :P Prior to that, I also had various…

Thus, you’re still a youngin’ :wink:

]]> Comment on What is in a Name by Seroph http://extradot.org/2008/05/11/what-is-in-a-name/#comment-13 Seroph Sat, 17 May 2008 03:45:48 +0000 http://extradot.org/?p=43#comment-13 that was when I setteled on the name Seroph. I was on before then as Knarf Omega and Rilus. apparently though Rilus is similar to a popular girls name in some other country and when I didn't list my gender in ICQ I would get hit on with broken english. that was when I setteled on the name Seroph. I was on before then as Knarf Omega and Rilus. apparently though Rilus is similar to a popular girls name in some other country and when I didn’t list my gender in ICQ I would get hit on with broken english.

]]> Comment on What is in a Name by JJ http://extradot.org/2008/05/11/what-is-in-a-name/#comment-12 JJ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:48:18 +0000 http://extradot.org/?p=43#comment-12 ahhh, 1998 ... really? that late? youngins... ahhh, 1998 … really? that late? youngins…

]]> Comment on What is in an Identity? by Seroph http://extradot.org/2008/05/14/what-is-in-an-identity/#comment-11 Seroph Fri, 16 May 2008 00:55:33 +0000 http://extradot.org/?p=44#comment-11 I agree with you. I do want to clarify that for me Seroph is the identity I choose to have online much as a person will choose to have an identity at work that differs from that of their personal life. As for the apprehension on content I wrote and journal for years and only after years of hiding it did I feel like I could share my works with any other person. I guess that is where I have to admit to being cautions to a fault when it comes to sharing my thoughts and beliefs. I agree with you. I do want to clarify that for me Seroph is the identity I choose to have online much as a person will choose to have an identity at work that differs from that of their personal life. As for the apprehension on content I wrote and journal for years and only after years of hiding it did I feel like I could share my works with any other person. I guess that is where I have to admit to being cautions to a fault when it comes to sharing my thoughts and beliefs.

]]> Comment on What is in an Identity? by like_a_god http://extradot.org/2008/05/14/what-is-in-an-identity/#comment-10 like_a_god Fri, 16 May 2008 00:17:04 +0000 http://extradot.org/?p=44#comment-10 I see you! Sorta... I think that many of use that have blogged and continue to do so have asked the questions you seem to be asking and struggled with the same issue. When I first encountered online relationships it was in the very early part of the internet on BBS's. These networks were smaller and not totally linked but they garnered the same sort of issues. As for personalities, I too find myself living something of a different personality on line. The personality is still me and I don't pretend it isn't but there are aspects that are either amplified or omitted depending upon the context of where I am posting or commenting. For instance, here and on my blog I would probably offer more in the way of discussion than I would on the Playstation underground forums. I've also noticed that MMORPG's have a different feel and type of context than online blogs and that some people treat such things as more of a game than others... Hence, you have the asshats that trouble people in MMORPG but would never be so blatantly rude in real life to the person in front of them. In my own blog I've made the decision not to limit my readers by my own fears of their reactions but, more often than not, I try my best to hide the identities of those I'm speaking of or the places I mention. Sure, I've decided to out myself online, so to speak but that doesn't give me the right to place the same assumptions on others... However, I do dread having my mother find the blog... so, I am not completely unaware of the anxiety that blogging can cause LOL I see you! Sorta…

I think that many of use that have blogged and continue to do so have asked the questions you seem to be asking and struggled with the same issue. When I first encountered online relationships it was in the very early part of the internet on BBS’s. These networks were smaller and not totally linked but they garnered the same sort of issues.

As for personalities, I too find myself living something of a different personality on line. The personality is still me and I don’t pretend it isn’t but there are aspects that are either amplified or omitted depending upon the context of where I am posting or commenting. For instance, here and on my blog I would probably offer more in the way of discussion than I would on the Playstation underground forums. I’ve also noticed that MMORPG’s have a different feel and type of context than online blogs and that some people treat such things as more of a game than others… Hence, you have the asshats that trouble people in MMORPG but would never be so blatantly rude in real life to the person in front of them.

In my own blog I’ve made the decision not to limit my readers by my own fears of their reactions but, more often than not, I try my best to hide the identities of those I’m speaking of or the places I mention. Sure, I’ve decided to out myself online, so to speak but that doesn’t give me the right to place the same assumptions on others…

However, I do dread having my mother find the blog… so, I am not completely unaware of the anxiety that blogging can cause LOL

]]> Comment on Other Thoughts by Seroph 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.

]]> Comment on Other Thoughts by like_a_god 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!

]]> Comment on Ok I Lied by like_a_god http://extradot.org/2008/04/05/ok-i-lied/#comment-7 like_a_god Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:17:25 +0000 http://extradot.org/?p=29#comment-7 Congrats man! They look great!!! Congrats man! They look great!!!

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