06-13-2002, 10:43 AM
There have been a couple threads recently that dealt with peoples board personas. Questions were raised as to why people always post within their comfy confines. Why people refuse to break character.
While I might have a few running TOGs I don't think that my posts are in "character". I think I post as me.
Which is why I find it interesting that many of the people who preach about "just be yourself" were the loudest critics when I do just that. Instead of seeing my posts reflecting a mood or phase I was in, they resorted to the Brian Regan, "this is different I don't like it" reaction.
So are the personas a crutch for the poster, or something to make the reader, more comfortable.
While I might have a few running TOGs I don't think that my posts are in "character". I think I post as me.
Which is why I find it interesting that many of the people who preach about "just be yourself" were the loudest critics when I do just that. Instead of seeing my posts reflecting a mood or phase I was in, they resorted to the Brian Regan, "this is different I don't like it" reaction.
So are the personas a crutch for the poster, or something to make the reader, more comfortable.
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