Addiction

[NobodyNothing]

valid point. that said does better mean honest, open and sincere? if so i'd say we're talking about in person [generally speaking] i do admit to being the same online as off line but i'm sure that's not the norm. for many yes but for most, no.

This thread begs the question:  Are you better online or in person?  Maybe better isn't the right word.

What I've personally liked about "online" communication (messageboards, email, and the like...) was that it gave me the chance to think a little bit more before I spoke/wrote, created that separation between thought and expression in which I found, more often than not, I was better able to render both my thoughts and their expressions more fully in some sort of way.  Irony, doubt, the validity of other points of view, and even humility had more time to wiggle their way into my mind and heart as I thought and expressed myself.

I'm pretty much always sincerely myself, online or in person, however, excepting when I'm consciously trying not to be, for some reason or another. 

In person, I'm a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde, which, at times, can drive those close to me crazy.  My Jekyll is this soft and lovey and everything is beautiful person, and my Hyde is this person stuck on some ideal that I can't stop believing in and too often push beyond the border where my point was already made. 

I don't know.  I guess it all comes down to self editing.