figures smeagols not to loved here it seems. well thats life. For instance I aimed *snip* seeing how he was and he said GTFO MY INTERWEBS.

lol I really don't know what people think about me here not that I care bunch just wanna know your opinions?

My first instinct was to close this thread however smeagol your thread raises a point to me.

Why do we care what faceless people over the internet think about us? Most (with some exceptions) will never meet those who's type written words we read everyday online? Do you consider these online friends as important as real life friends?


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If we're going to leave this open, lets keep the comments gerneralized, don't mention specific member names please, that will only cause problems.

ok I understand.

i would love to buy all um people a drink, but sadly im skint, so i hope you would all buy me one

I never see you around, so I haven't got anything against you. I probably wouldn't like you though.

there is a group of people on um that i talk to often and sometimes outside of um. I hold them in great regard. you know who you are. *points*

It's the internet. Who cares.

Hey smeagl, because it was snipped i didnt really get the gist of what happened, but it sounds as though you were spoken to a bit harshly...uh oh . These things happen, people misunderstand your motives, theres billions of people on the web, dont waste your time worrying about what one of them thinks unless you decide to worry about what they all think aaaaaaah

The nature of friendship on-line is simply different from friendships off-line, but they are friendships all the same. I do not compare any of my friendships on or off-line for they all have different reasons, appeals and requirements. I am just as loyal to the needs of my close on-line friends as i am to my off-line friends. I have the same concerns regarding them and care if things are difficult for them. The only difference is the limitations of availability. I am very much of the thinking that there is a person behind what we see on the screen. What we see and read is a representation of that person, whether it is honest or not, if it comes from them it is a part of them e.g people who do not use their own pictures, what they choose to use instead says alot about how they view themselves/would like to view themselves, how they are feeling, their attitude, what interests them and how they would like to be treated.

Sometimes you can form a very close bond with on-line friends simply BECAUSE you are not in each others presence and i guess that does lead you to question whether or not you would get on in reality, the truth is, to me this does not matter for as long as we have computers we'll all still be here right?

There are a couple of on-line friends who i know i shall meet in the future, we've even made vague arangements for this summer because we know we are from the same circuit/lifestyle and country so it would be easy to meet up/intentionally bump into each other in passing and hang out.

It is strange though, lately i've gotten irritated with myspace simply because half the people i have become friends and talk with, i have become so close to i just want to hang out with them, not leave comments with silly pictures, but cant for obvious reasons .

NICE ONE!!
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Taking this Site as a good example, because people are writing and posting, things can often be taken wrong. I am damn sure, 100%, that I have done it myself, typed a reply to a posting only to find I have offended someone. It wasn't my intention but because we are not "face-to-face" it is difficult to see, sometimes, what the person meant. Hence why "smilies" are brilliant little inventions, at least you can put a little smiling face or an angry one if you want, to try to get your point across.

Don't take it to heart too much, some people will be agressive even if you give them your last rolo lol

You can't let internet people get you down, there's too much in real life to do that for you.
I don't even consider internet people as real people, just bots, that way it matters not what they think, say, or do.

Maybe you're taking the internet too seriously?

yeah I suppose. I really diden't start anything he just went berserk.

I think one advantage to internet friends is that you can get to know someone without the usual preconcieved notions we may have if you saw that person from across a room. However I have a met a few internet friends in person...I still like them better..Just me I guess.

i never met you... so.. i dont like you
kidding..!! i never hate anyone on internet. why should i ??

I don't mind getting to know people on forums and having friends. In fact I've made many friends from forums that I've met in person, talk to on the phone on a regular basis and what not..

BUT I've also had bad experiences with people (not on this forum) and I've learned that not all people are to be trusted with personal information that you may share. So be VERY careful about sharing too much of yourself with others. Especially if the people you do share with, love to gossip amongst other members on the same forum.

funny people love to threaten me they really don't know who there messing with.

qoute: i'll cut your head off :unqoute:


DOE'S HE KNOW WHO HE'S MESSING WITH!!!


: note im not talking about the person i started this thread about.

it was on myspace.


I mean for christs sake if i can chop a deers head off.....

I agree, Dixiepixie. It's like you get to know the person better than if you meet in person. If someone were to meet someone right away in person some people would be more selective. For example, someone may think "I don't like tall people" or "I don't like short people" or "I don't like people with red or brown hair". But if you get to know them on the internet, all this really doesn't matter because you love them because they're who they are.

It's the same thing when dating. If you talk to a person on the phone for several months and you get to like them for their personality, if you meet in person and they walk with a cane, it really doesn't matter all that much, at least to me.

Gee, I never knew how many internet friends I really had until I had sent them all Easter e-cards. Wow, I'm glad I got that done.

I didn't get an Easter e-card

I have met some truly horrible people on the internet, bullies really. (Nobody from here). But I have also met some fantastic folks that I have connected with and probably speak to more than my friends in "real life" Some of them know me better than most.

There are several, okay quite a few , people that I care very much about even though I may never meet them.

I've been touched, in many ways, by various people on UM, in a way that I would never have imagined.

That's how I feel I have friends on the internet that have touched my life in a big way. Maybe it's because it's easier to be yourself here, easier to talk about things.

You do know this'll end up getting locked anyways. It's doomed to become a chit-chat thread. Close it at page 3 or page 54 where the last post will be a smilie face and a "lol"

But anyway, I'll contribute...I like to keep them seperate, internet friends and real life friends. Real life friends are generally people that know the shell, internet friends are more important to me as they're the ones I can share my thoughts and feelings with (I have AVPD, so it's generally harder for me to socialize). So yeah, I guess it's the opposite for me, I care what my internet friends think while I couldn't give a toss what my real friends think as they've been thoroughly misled.

Actually now that I think about it. I really don't have any internet friends because I'm quiet and introverted, and I think this disgusting trait comes through in my posts.
So through necessity, I've taught myself that they aren't real people in the traditional sense.

I'm basically a loner anyway, always have been.
If you come from a very poor family and never have nice clothes or things the other kids have, you get extremely abused. I think that's what did it. It turned me off on people.

So the internet is actually the ideal place for me to talk to folks, because of the obvious buffer.
I have had a few internet friends actually, over the last eleven years I've spent surfing the net, but after a week or so we usually stop contacting each other, and that's it. I prefer the company of animals anyway.

bleh i'll be fine I got plenty of freinds to protect me i'll lure him in the woods and lead him into an ambush


* thousands of vikeings charge out to battle*

Disgusting trait lol.

I am a bit of a loner too, actually I am damn selfish, I go out and am outgoing but when I've had enough, that's it. I like my own company, I talk to myself all the time and I don't answer back! (Well sometimes I do, I usually slap myself around the face then) lol only kidding. I like plants and animals and I can't stand 9 year old kids who trample in my back garden and ruin me busy lizzies!!!

I know what you mean about preferring the company of animals...I do too, most of the time. And I never felt that you, or Smeagle-The-Viking-Victorious had any disgusting traits!
The friends that I have made on here are as important to me as offline friends. Participating on the forums here has helped me to not be as shy about my wierdnesses and sensitivities, and do something positive in the many battles I have going on that can be very negative. I am learning about people, by doing this, and enjoying them, and hopefully helping or encouraging once in a while, and having fun at the same time. I know without a doubt that each one of us is important to each other in ways we don't even realize, and in ways we sometimes do see, and it all works together somehow for making a difference in the crap that goes on in the world!
Don't argue this, or I'll cut off your head.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention that I had some crazed guy furious at me on another site's forum. I couldn't say anything to make the guy peaceful, all because of the ''Warrior" in my name...It just made him so MAD! So, naturally, I had to taunt him a bit. He was making such an a** of himself that it was funny! It was twistedly entertaining. (I was really bored back then...)
So, you could make it fun, or just decide not to read the angry guy's posts, and block him or something. But don't let it get you down.
I believe it was Coldethyl who advised me to send the angry guy a signed picture of myself with a big, beaming grin...

Yeah, always ask them if they'd like a signed copy of your autobiography to add to their collection of pictures of you on their wall. Gets them every time.

I usually try to diffuse the situation with humor. Unless I just can't stand the person, then I pick at them like a bird. It just humors me. If others don't like it, I'm not really bothered.

Just how I roll.

My very few friends around here know who they are without question. All the others I may have "befriended" over time have proven in some way they don't warrant a friendship worth carrying on.

The Internet is grand, you don't have to look or listen to anyone who aren't worth your time.

I guess it goes both ways

If you are shy and whatnot then you can speak your mind knowing that everyone is faceless and nameless so they cannot find you and point a finger at you.
Problem is if you are nasty then it is the same concept, some people are just that way because they know you are typing on a keyboard and cannot get at them...

Don't take offense the world is made up of all sorts of people and I like to think for every jerk there is two nice people just waiting to be found.

how is this still alive? 0_0