Forming impressions about the people

Hi vathsala! Long time ago I started a discussion 'how did you select your username?' Many responded giving different reasons. The responses told me that some were using their son's name or their family name or fruit's or flower's name of their choice. I would say that I do not frame opinion on the basis of one's user name because user name give you a brief idea about a person's nature or personality. I frame my opinion about a mylotter after reading his/her posts/comments and the way s/he describes herself/himself in the posts tell a lot about his/her real life happenings. If you continuously read some of your friends' discussions, the manner in which they respond and post comments, you will get to know a lot about them and their families. I have few friends here with whom I interact regularly through my discussions or their discussions and I have come to know a lot about them. I believe in building good relations with friends.

hi vathsala, surely it will effect on their posts,when you are going to school,if you have not dressed properly,not combed the hair,not tied the shoe laces,does not carry books,pencil etc,what teacher will call you,what impression does your classmates and teacher will have on you,thats like we take care in selecting the avatars,have a nice day

Without our knowledge, we do form impressions from their avatars, posts and usernames. It may or may not be correct.

it can only be used as a guideline to know about the person. We need to meet them in person to understand completely about them. I think you can understand about a person through online chatting too, though meeting in person is the best to review about a person, this is my opinion vathsala, how about you?

Hi dear, I think it is normal to get an impression by reading the user name or watching the profile picture. But the person must be entirely different from that nature. The exact character we can understand by interacting more with them. For e.g., in mylot, about one member, I thought that the person is very rough and rude but interacting more with the same person I understand that the particular person is a down to earth person.

hi vathsala aunty, we look at a person and immediately a certain impression of his character forms itself in us. A glance, a few spoken words are sufficient to tell us a story about a highly complex matter. We know that such impressions form with remarkable rapidity and with great ease. Subsequent observation may enrich or upset our first view, but we can no more prevent its rapid growth than we can avoid perceiving a given visual object or hearing a melody. We also know that this process, though often imperfect, is also at times extraordinarily sensitive.

I find that I form impressions about online identities, but it's impossible to form impressions about the actual people behind them unless I have some proof that their online identity is true to themselves. one never knows who the people are they are speaking sith, unless they get to know them better.

I would certainly say that you can form impressions or mental images of people based on their username and what they have posted about their lives. If people are answering honestly then they are giving you a look into thier lives. I know that I have personally posted about my family and my animals, so those are things you would put into your thought process and pull from. You can also get impressions from peoples photo they have posted. I pull from the picture of the kitten you have as that you are a gentle, yet independent person. Don't know how true either of those assesments are but it is the image I get.