It does make sense, though it always disconcerts me to meet people and find that they don't match up with their online personas -- that we're better online friends than we are off. I tend to expect that, no matter what else will be there in person that I didn't expect, the stuff I value online must be in there somewhere, and it's disconcerting to realize that it may be, but not in a way that I can access.
This is a terrific way of putting it; thanks. I think this happens a lot -- I can think of two people who were pretty much exactly what I expected when I finally met them in person.
Something about the email medium allows for a greater intimacy of thought without self consciousness.
I think it goes back to text. There's not a lot of point to email if you aren't going to say anything -- but in person, people have figured out a hundred different ways to not say anything (where people in this case, sadly, does not include yours truly).
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Date: 2004-12-16 12:50 am (UTC)This is a terrific way of putting it; thanks. I think this happens a lot -- I can think of two people who were pretty much exactly what I expected when I finally met them in person.
Something about the email medium allows for a greater intimacy of thought without self consciousness.
I think it goes back to text. There's not a lot of point to email if you aren't going to say anything -- but in person, people have figured out a hundred different ways to not say anything (where people in this case, sadly, does not include yours truly).