i am always afraid to say things on here that i may have told somebody or that they could guess it's me... i don't want people to know who i am because i say personal things on here, but if i dont say my personal things i go nuts because i liek talking on here... but if someone found out i'd go more insane... hmm.
if they guess, like, i tell a story, and the recognize parts of it or something, i dunno, it jsut scares me.. if a friend or worse found out, i'd never talk again.
I doubt people would be able to guess its you. Unless you basically posted your identity. Do you know if anyone you talk to is registered here? If someone did recognize you or whatever and you really didn't want them to know, I guess you could always fib and deny that it was you.
the way people talk on forums tends to vary from they way they speak normally, or even write normally. Someone would have to know you pretty damn well to realize who you are
I relate, Chicago. Not that I am dishonest when I speak on these forums, but I am careful as to what I say...to a point. I just don't disclose certain information about myself unless I get to know someone at least to a certain degree. It's just a defense mechanism thing I've developed. I sometimes really feel the need to speak my mind, and without taking the necessary precaution, I feel like I'm taking too much risk. Some people have a tendency to jump to cunclusions, so it doesn't really matter if *I* don't mean any harm. My advice is to keep certain information to yourself unless you're sure you trust the person you're revealing the information to, while speaking your mind at the same time.
I used to feel that way... and then I realized: why bother? Think about it this way. You're one dude out of thousands posting on this forum...and this is one forum out of thousands of popular ones online. So already we're looking at pretty good odds no one would ever notice you unless they were specifically looking for you and had a good lead. Now, anyone who really is going to take that kind of time to track you down anyway...well, odds are they can track you down anyway. As far as people you know offline recognizing you here...well...if they recognize you here, that means they were here too...so maybe it'll work in your favor: find you some friends you didn't know you had. Once I have up the whole anonymity thing, I started to really feel more at peace with myself...
