tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886936654101087197.post1455236121993295415..comments2023-06-02T02:54:06.247+12:00Comments on Wellington Road: Are you "real" online?Julihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03244459055520883039noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886936654101087197.post-37879952957055963912011-04-15T09:54:26.621+12:002011-04-15T09:54:26.621+12:00I am so sorry for all you have to deal with now.
...I am so sorry for all you have to deal with now.<br /><br />It is very difficult: moving, time away from 5, doing things on your own.<br /><br />I'm sure a lot of people stay in a marriage, b/c it's so much harder to raise a family on their own.<br /><br />I know from your posts, you strike me as someone who thinks a long time before making a decision.<br /><br />This must be the right one for all of you.<br /><br />Thinking of you.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886936654101087197.post-63340899450385684612011-03-14T17:30:44.920+13:002011-03-14T17:30:44.920+13:00Great post. Lovely observation at the end. Perso...Great post. Lovely observation at the end. Personally I am much more reclusive in real life, or what I like to call "the walking world," and online I seem to be more assertive. I think people with rich social lives are probably spent after a day of asserting themselves in the walking world to be so adhesive online.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430253706561827669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886936654101087197.post-3839577994731853982011-03-13T21:55:23.632+13:002011-03-13T21:55:23.632+13:00When I go away from my online persona, I go away f...When I go away from my online persona, I go away from all the ones I follow too. So I've missed you. <br /><br />I didn't mean to be so easily found, but if you google my name - the first thing that comes up is my blog. Starred. Yuck. And my best thinking was to stop writing, but not take it down.<br /><br />Now I"m thinking of trying to walk the authentic but not overshare again. It's tricky. But I very much appreciate your thoughts.Sweet Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989731482233071993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886936654101087197.post-80560866518474168992011-03-11T05:10:39.174+13:002011-03-11T05:10:39.174+13:00The long time reader of my blog(s) know an awful l...The long time reader of my blog(s) know an awful lot about me, probably far more than they realize.<br /><br />They know many stories, thoughts and ideas that the folks in the real world might not.<br /><br />But they don't know everything. There are things that you just cannot know without spending time with me in person<br /><br />The audio and video posts provide a few more details, but not much. I have a deep voice, so did Barry White but I am not dead.<br /><br />But I think that enough of ourselves can come through for us to develop real life friendships.<br /><br />So even if we don't know all, we know enough to gain a sense of who we are interacting with.Jackhttp://www.thejackb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886936654101087197.post-21565887299188944492011-03-09T06:00:13.844+13:002011-03-09T06:00:13.844+13:00It takes too much energy to try to be one for some...It takes too much energy to try to be one for some people and another way for other people. I just am what I am, online, in person, in letters, video chat, or whatever. I think you are too.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886936654101087197.post-4537213471806577772011-03-07T13:46:08.922+13:002011-03-07T13:46:08.922+13:00Hi Juli, I found this post very interesting and ke...Hi Juli, I found this post very interesting and kept finding myself nodding along as I was reading it. I have my reasons for being an anonymous blogger, but I don't know if that makes me less authentic online then if I used my real name. Perhaps the perceptions of who I am by my readers are different.Happy Frog and Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679066739313347920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886936654101087197.post-25349277395062618372011-03-07T11:06:22.573+13:002011-03-07T11:06:22.573+13:00Very interesting. I engage online via my self-crea...Very interesting. I engage online via my self-created persona, Café Chick, who is a <i>part</i> of the 'real' me but not <i>all</i> of who I am. (Actually, she's lots of fun to be - the real me is less so.) Security and safety is a big reason for Café Chick, so is the ability to separate my personal and work posts (which can be found under my real name). I am very careful in all my writing to not mention names or include identifying photos or details. I also know that my partner reads (almost) everything I write as Café Chick, but I have nothing to hide there. :-)<br /><br />In RL, I am an online advisor so found the article you linked to very interesting. I am going to unpack it further later and process it in terms of how it relates to the work I do. However, at first glance, it sums up my online life to a T!Caffeinated Wekahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07235662962500264686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886936654101087197.post-73383689928033257412011-03-07T10:10:19.003+13:002011-03-07T10:10:19.003+13:00Great points! I love this post. I am often asking ...Great points! I love this post. I am often asking myself about the motivations, methods and realities that may or may not exist in this online world. Great!<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />CaseyCasey Freelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01258967374124497696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886936654101087197.post-68160858967502371562011-03-07T05:16:14.989+13:002011-03-07T05:16:14.989+13:00An interesting post.I write under a pseudonym, but...An interesting post.I write under a pseudonym, but the subjects I write about are very honestly written.I do find, though, that I am very careful about the info I give - no names, no locations. I hadn't really thought about this topic before, but it is really interesting. I sometimes hold back in case someone I actually know reads something I write.I would never write about my job or the people I work with, just in case.sarah at secret housewifehttp://secretworldofahousewife.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886936654101087197.post-41153602341385885022011-03-06T19:10:19.509+13:002011-03-06T19:10:19.509+13:00Such an interesting post. My feelings about my &qu...Such an interesting post. My feelings about my "online persona" are mixed up in my feelings about being a writer. I blog under my real name and my family and friends read my blog so I think of myself as pretty authentic online. BUT that's not all there is to it.<br /><br />I only say online and in writing what I'd scream at the top of my lungs in a public square: I find being a mom of two in diapers hard, I am ambivalent about work and worried about money. But the other stuff, the stuff that people would find boring, stupid or annoying (or, more accurately, the things that I THINK people would receive as such) I keep to myself. I wouldn't walk into the town square and say, "I think my thighs look ucky and sometimes I get gassy if I drink too much beer," so I don't say it online unless I can put it in an sufficiently facetious context. <br /><br />Admittedly this means that my authenticity is screened through the context of what others find interesting and THAT'S a pretty fine screen, but I think what comes out the other end is still authentic. Just limited.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03851060397493041024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886936654101087197.post-73348508097603958302011-03-06T18:45:50.541+13:002011-03-06T18:45:50.541+13:00The self that is revealed in one area is not deepe...<i>The self that is revealed in one area is not deeper or more authentic than a self revealed in another<br /><br /></i>That makes sense to me. I think I'm just one pie wedge (of my normal full-pie self) when I'm online. No facial or verbal clues, and no immediate feedback. But I do hope I'm relatively 'real' anyway.Nanc Twophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13171827151222610399noreply@blogger.com