Doug Jones wrote:
>
> Matthew Gream wrote:
> >
> > There are studies that have found that people do use electronic media as a
> > means of expressing "other" aspects of their Self. These "other" aspects are
> > often things that they cannot do in the real world, e.g. a real world "weak
> > person" may role play a "strong person" in a MUD. There may be some
> > similarity here to the reason that people write literature.
>
> I guess I'm an aberration in the way I try to be *more* restrained online
> than in real life. The reason? Deja news. My professional circles are
> small enough that many of the people I encounter online I often see at
> conferences, or I may end up doing business with them. I know that *I*
> check out people by scanning their postings on Deja, and that I have
> avoided business dealings with some potential vendors due to their unending
> involvement in flame wars. My coworkers and I have carefully avoided
> certain conflicts in the newsgroups to maintain a professional demeanor.
>
> I try to make my online persona polite, rational, and intelligent, with
> only the occasional indulgence in silliness... pretty much as I am in real
> life.
>
> This really seems to be trending toward Brin's transparent society, where
> the anonymity of 20th century city life is fading away.
Why not post pseudonymously using a product like they offer at
www.freedom.net ?
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