I have to be on the computer quite a bit for school anyway, so I usually check LJ at least once a day, unless I'm not on a computer at all. (Which happens, but rarely.) As for whether people see more or less of the real me... hmm. That's a good question, and I'm not really sure what the answer is. I'm pretty shy IRL, and I've told LJ friends things that I haven't told my more casual offline friends, so I'm tempted to say "more." But the fact is when I'm on the Internet I choose what to show people, I choose how to interact, and I choose when I want to stop talking. That means that the version of "me" people know here is not entirely the version of "me" they'd meet offline, because that element of choice is there and makes a difference.
Does that make sense? Reading it over, I'm not entirely sure. *g*
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on 2008-10-15 10:48 am (UTC)I have to be on the computer quite a bit for school anyway, so I usually check LJ at least once a day, unless I'm not on a computer at all. (Which happens, but rarely.) As for whether people see more or less of the real me... hmm. That's a good question, and I'm not really sure what the answer is. I'm pretty shy IRL, and I've told LJ friends things that I haven't told my more casual offline friends, so I'm tempted to say "more." But the fact is when I'm on the Internet I choose what to show people, I choose how to interact, and I choose when I want to stop talking. That means that the version of "me" people know here is not entirely the version of "me" they'd meet offline, because that element of choice is there and makes a difference.
Does that make sense? Reading it over, I'm not entirely sure. *g*