Two things I'd like to respond to: when you meet people for the first time, there's always an element of lying present. It's called politeness ^_^ Just because we humans tend to judge people in the first 5ms we develop a public persona that might not match our private one. It takes time to become good friends.
The biggest problem is that the Internet is a written forum, so your words remain a lot longer than a conversation. Sometimes you change your mind, sometime you wonder what you were thinking, ten years down the line. It's--ironically--the permanence of the medium that sometimes makes me choose anonymity. (Never for reviews: if you have an opinion on someone work, you should stand behind it.) But if I am "shooting the shit," or exploring a thought with a few other people, I prefer anonymity. My opinion is unformed, or uninformed, and I don't want that the influence other people's view of me.
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Date: 2004-10-25 07:17 am (UTC)The biggest problem is that the Internet is a written forum, so your words remain a lot longer than a conversation. Sometimes you change your mind, sometime you wonder what you were thinking, ten years down the line. It's--ironically--the permanence of the medium that sometimes makes me choose anonymity. (Never for reviews: if you have an opinion on someone work, you should stand behind it.) But if I am "shooting the shit," or exploring a thought with a few other people, I prefer anonymity. My opinion is unformed, or uninformed, and I don't want that the influence other people's view of me.