>>6149551Who you are online is a different person to your real self. I think this is inherent to the internet, since there's no tangible feedback for what you do online, and you can filter what you say before you say it (like I've done many, many times in the post). You sort of play a character, an idealized version of yourself, which is fine if you're just a name or an avatar on a screen, but it's wrong to apply the same mentality to yourself IRL.
People are flawed, but when you mix the internet and real life you can make yourself seem flawless, and then your have no reason to improve yourself. You get to be the person you imagine yourself as, without working for it; so many people become complacent without really achieving anything because you can make yourself appear the way you want to be and have other people believe and encourage it.
Maybe I'm just too engrossed in escapism...
