what is your online personality?

I understand, but due to the nature of online discussion i would imagine this pressure and concern you have would be less as there is no physical confrontation. The whole idea of a debate with on or offline is that people will have different opinions and whilst you may maintain your own opinion, it allows you to consider those of other people. I understand that people are passionate about certain topics, but whilst that passion can make it a bit heated, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and no individual has the right to force another's to change. I used to put a disclaimer in my forum signatures to say the comments were my own opinion and should not be considered a forceful judgement of any kind. With sites like this i have to assume people acknowledge the idea of a debate and accept that opinions will differ. If people become to heated, rude or obnoxious i will simply cease posting as its really not worth it hehe

That's just it, some people just can't take it when their opinions don't match with others. They will keep on pushing their point and won't make any effort to acknowledge that that is his own views or opinion and just accept it like that. Thanks for the input.

With mylot I keep coming back and getting out as soon as I see a heated discussion. It's like I feel that I want to say something yet refrain myself from doing so cause in the physical world I hate confrontations and disagreements especially when people start name calling.

It is just that I have seen a few heated arguments here, and a few got over the line and said things that in my opinion could have been avoided. I just never see myself saying down or looking down in any discussion so I try not to meddle in discussions that are turning bad.

Online if you really want to let yourself go and be spunky, you are more confident in expressing yourself. I feel that I am more confident online, it changes sometimes I feel that I can say anything in mind and not mind about how others will react. But here in mylot when I stumble onto heated discussions, I get put off and though I want to say my piece I try my best not to. It is fun to read the arguments though and see who has the last say.

I admire it that you are able to express yourself freely and it doesn't matter that you get yourself in the 'hot soup' at least you were being truthful and that's just who you are.

There are lots of fun things to do online and when I do go online, I have a lot of tabs open. Sometimes I neglect some of my fave sites cause I keep coming back to mylot, reading more than posting. I am also trying out blogging, I started with a personal blog but I really didn't want to expose myself too much so I ended up with my own blog about the thing I love most and that is reading. I just started with it with my current book, the twilight saga. I have been reading about how to start your own blog and some advise that you blog about something that you are pasionnate about it and that you can talk about that subject like endless. And so I ended up with a books blog, nothing too personal, safe subject.