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How important is your online image?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Im talking about your visual image v your written Image.
Mine is probably weighted towards 70/30 in favour of my written persona. It’s important that people get me through my personality rather than me trying to get the best selfie as my avatar. Does that make sense? But, I still keep a lot of my private and personal stuff to myself.
And I am not calling anyone out here, I am sincerely interested if anyone knows how much of there personality they put forward to people. Do you keep a complete alternative you online, or is it what you see is what you get?
Does this make sense? |
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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago
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I’m pretty shy in person so once that dissipates then I think I’m probably like i am on here. Tongue in cheek, bit uncouth etc.
I’m a tomboy clothes wise so I don’t do rocking up looking sexy. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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That's a harder question to answer than I would've thought. I can't be sure.
I think I'd have to ask those who know me on and off line. I keep much hidden but my personality is essentially the same, I think. |
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We are no different on here to offline but FAB and the forums only get to see part of our personalities. People we chat to regular get to see more.
As for pics, they are a side of us that we enjoy but we hardly take pics of us in real life, more scenery and surroundings.
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Anyone who knows me through here can confirm that I am no different in person. I have the same wit and sense of humour and am comfortable talking to most people as equals if they do likewise. I am loyal to those who have earned my loyalty and have no time for self obsessed people.
The only difference I can see is that I'm happier avoiding confrontation in person but whether here or in my daily life I'll walk away rather than add fuel to someone else's drama or supply them with ammunition.
As it already says on my profile my pics are there for various reasons but I like to think they add to people's impression of me and they can see I'm not all about the pics. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"That's a harder question to answer than I would've thought. I can't be sure.
I think I'd have to ask those who know me on and off line. I keep much hidden but my personality is essentially the same, I think."
Yea, that why I elaborated a little. I thought I was pretty much what you see is what you get, then I realised how many cards I actually hold to my chest. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don’t think my profile really does me justice to be honest. Find it hard to transmit my personality in not so many words. May have another crack at it soon.
Pics are as authentic as can be. Words not sure they quite hit the mark. |
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I think my profile write up and pics give a good idea of my personality. The majority of messages seem to confirm that.
I don't think I could hide my personality from coming out, I've tried mysterious, I'm just too much of an open book!   |
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I completely missed the point of the op....
On here I don't really hold a lot of importance to my visual image. Don't get me wrong, I know the style and context of images I want to portray and interactions are genuine not image based but here I'm just Cherry, like me or not!
On other platforms where its all about the visuals my genuine personality is not important and the visuals become the focus.
Does that make sense?  |
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My profile (when it's visible) doesn't really give much away about me, perhaps apart from the fact that I'm straight talking ...I've always preferred people to get to know me through chatting and draw their own conclusions, rather than be swayed by whatever self realised image that I portray |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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This is the only platform I'm on, I'm not a words smith and I don't enjoy taking pics of myself.
My tongue in cheek comments on the forums probably don't help me either.
On the other hand though, out of all the meets I've had over the years.
There has always been a good response to meeting again or just keeping in touch.
Infact, only one person said no to meeting again and that was down to my body size.
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
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My online image is an accurate reflection of my real self.
Anyone who's met me in person can confirm I'm as relaxed and outgoing as my profile implies and that I look just like my pictures (if not better).
No real mystery here  |
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Oh god my written image is pants right now.. I need a rewrite but not been inspired yet. But that gives an idea of my personality in itself!
I’m deliberately awkward because I don’t want to be constantly chatting on here so I use the unapproachable tactic to filter those messages down. Clicking with someone by conversation is so much more important than just admiring photos. I usually don’t have many photos on show and I dislike strangers complementing on just the way I look.
You’d have to ask those that know me if I’m giving a true representation.. it’s brutally honest but it’s certainly not the full picture. I need to soften the edges a little and stop being quite so defensive..
going to reattempt my profile today now.. thanks |
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When I read the op it made me stop and think. I don't consider my on line image at all really. I guess that might be a situational and age thing. I don't work so no employer to worry about, I'm old enough not to care what strangers think of me and I'm of a generation who grew into adulthood without the spectre of my on line presence coming back to haunt me or being my main source of social interaction. Therefore apart from the security and privacy aspect I don't think I consciously think about the image I present. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My personality doesn't come across in my photos, maybe I should do something about that. I like the way some posters have introduced humour in their pics. Nor in my profile but that's deliberate. Its more important to me that I am myself in the forums and chat -when I'm interacting with others. |
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By *tue555Man
over a year ago
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"Im talking about your visual image v your written Image.
Mine is probably weighted towards 70/30 in favour of my written persona. It’s important that people get me through my personality rather than me trying to get the best selfie as my avatar. Does that make sense? But, I still keep a lot of my private and personal stuff to myself.
And I am not calling anyone out here, I am sincerely interested if anyone knows how much of there personality they put forward to people. Do you keep a complete alternative you online, or is it what you see is what you get?
Does this make sense? "
It kind of makes sense, I put very little of my personality either image or written to anyone on here. Genine friends know more but only the closest know most.
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i like making good fotos, like to present myself in best ways. making fotos when i'm xdressing is more fun than in regular everyday male life, which is why there's more of them.
the writing kinda Has to be full of the things i don't like and wont get a reply from me. just experience to try and put off certain types. not that it works much haha
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Not of particular importance to me really.
This platform is my only online presence.
It’s nice to get good feedback on pictures now and again just to reassure my ego that it’s still relevant.
As for personality… I don’t think any amount of internet can show a person’s true self and certainly a lot of the stuff people say on here is total bullshit.
Anyways, must dash, my private jet crew are becoming impatient for me to get on and relax. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My pics and profile like me as 100% authentic.
I work hard to add quirky unusual photos as they as more of a reflection of me , my personality and character and so show me in a true light. |
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"I really don't care what people think. Some 'get' me and some don't. "
This is true of me in life. You really have little to no influence over what other people think of you, they've usually made their minds up within 30 seconds of meeting you. Only the people you actually know will "get you". I also think that the image you imagine you present is frequently very different from how other people perceive you. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My profile text shows nothing about my personality, it’s there to mine people along and not message me. It doesn’t work and I should block all messages but then I can’t receive messages regarding forum posts. Plus I’d break my no meet rule for someone very handsome.
On the forums I’m completely myself. I write the same way I would talk if we were having a conversation in person. I may be a bit too open and honest and I over share everything going on in my life but I like to try and understand things from as many different view points as possible. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"My profile text shows nothing about my personality, it’s there to mine people along and not message me. It doesn’t work and I should block all messages but then I can’t receive messages regarding forum posts. Plus I’d break my no meet rule for someone very handsome.
On the forums I’m completely myself. I write the same way I would talk if we were having a conversation in person. I may be a bit too open and honest and I over share everything going on in my life but I like to try and understand things from as many different view points as possible. "
I certainly think your personality comes across in the forum, Annie. And I agree women's profiles are less about personality than to filter interest. That's out of necessity really. I'd rather be silly and sarcastic! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I really don't care what people think. Some 'get' me and some don't.
Yeah pretty much this but meant in a nice way not a bolshy way  "
I'm a bolshy old goat.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I really don't care what people think. Some 'get' me and some don't.
This is true of me in life. You really have little to no influence over what other people think of you, they've usually made their minds up within 30 seconds of meeting you. Only the people you actually know will "get you". I also think that the image you imagine you present is frequently very different from how other people perceive you. "
That must mean that people think I'm actually secretly nice.
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We all have an on line image whether we care what it is or not. I have a very clear picture of everyone I interact with on line and many that I don't. You can't help conveying certain aspects of yourself through words no matter how carefully chosen. Even no words conveys something |
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"I really don't care what people think. Some 'get' me and some don't.
This is true of me in life. You really have little to no influence over what other people think of you, they've usually made their minds up within 30 seconds of meeting you. Only the people you actually know will "get you". I also think that the image you imagine you present is frequently very different from how other people perceive you.
That must mean that people think I'm actually secretly nice.
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By *EAT..85Woman
over a year ago
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Someone I've been chatting to recently said they thought my profile was stern. I had aimed for informative whilst not negative. I'd like to think my profile is balanced between pleasant pics and useful blurb to interest and match me to the right people. So I'm hoping its a 50/50 split. |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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I don't really think too much about it nowadays. You'll never appeal/please to everyone so now I aim to please myself without causing harm/hurt to others.
My pictures are me. They look like me, admittedly they are crap. My text is me. My bio is a bit pretentious, knowingly wanky.
I think of the written me as being a snapshot of how I am in one particular moment at time - I'm quite a private person so won't show all sides of me but I don't really do that in person either. |
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By *tue555Man
over a year ago
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"I really don't care what people think. Some 'get' me and some don't.
This is true of me in life. You really have little to no influence over what other people think of you, they've usually made their minds up within 30 seconds of meeting you. Only the people you actually know will "get you". I also think that the image you imagine you present is frequently very different from how other people perceive you.
That must mean that people think I'm actually secretly nice.
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I don't know how I'd feel if people thought I was really nice  |
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My partner has described me as scathing and tactless recently.I think she's only being so nice because she wants something from me.
Don't know or care if this comes across in our profile which was written by me.
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Personality wise we are the same on here as we are in real life, but we do keep a lot of personal info out as we like the separation between real and fab life! Sometimes that’s a challenge when responding on the forums tbh! Miss pc |
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Anything else others can decide if they get to meet me and see if the digital is the same az the real life version.