Comments on: Being yourself in the virtual world http://hadleybeeman.net/2006/12/01/being-yourself-in-the-virtual-world/ Contributions to the conversation from Hadley Beeman Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Hadley http://hadleybeeman.net/2006/12/01/being-yourself-in-the-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Hadley Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:38:16 +0000 http://collaborator.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/being-yourself-in-the-virtual-world/#comment-32 Hi Paul! Thanks for finding my blog. You raise an interesting point; I once had a psychology professor tell us that "Nothing anyone does is an accident or inadvertent, no matter how much they may think it was." I suppose it's impossible to repress your true self completely in any kind of communication, even just the messages we send out by our body language (or text style, online). Thanks for the thoughts! Do keep in touch! Hadley Hi Paul! Thanks for finding my blog. You raise an interesting point; I once had a psychology professor tell us that “Nothing anyone does is an accident or inadvertent, no matter how much they may think it was.” I suppose it’s impossible to repress your true self completely in any kind of communication, even just the messages we send out by our body language (or text style, online).

Thanks for the thoughts! Do keep in touch!

Hadley

]]> By: Paul MacDonald http://hadleybeeman.net/2006/12/01/being-yourself-in-the-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Paul MacDonald Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:51:47 +0000 http://collaborator.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/being-yourself-in-the-virtual-world/#comment-31 Hi- This is great stuff Hadley. But in writing this online comment, just as you can probably tell things about me that I don't intend to project, and that readers of your blog can read between the lines or identify personality traits they recognise from their offline relationships, an online presence is also partly outside of a conscious mind's control is it not? Just like an offline relationship a wiser or more experienced person is able to control more of the aspects of their presence, but surely never all of it, assuming there is some depth to the interaction? Perhaps it's a question of degrees rather than black and white. Paul Hi- This is great stuff Hadley. But in writing this online comment, just as you can probably tell things about me that I don’t intend to project, and that readers of your blog can read between the lines or identify personality traits they recognise from their offline relationships, an online presence is also partly outside of a conscious mind’s control is it not? Just like an offline relationship a wiser or more experienced person is able to control more of the aspects of their presence, but surely never all of it, assuming there is some depth to the interaction? Perhaps it’s a question of degrees rather than black and white.
Paul

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