Offending people online on social networks- do you give a shit?

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  1. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Great Sea Urchin Cerviche

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    simple question. do you give a fuck or not?

    I kind of go "out there" on my twitter account....i should probably disassociate it from my email I use for business and personal purposes from time/time...but oh well. i generally don't give a shit.
     
  2. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    I try not to offend on facebook, and in a couple other forums, out of respect for family and friends who don't share my twisted sense of humor.

    I'm worse on here than I am in person.
     
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    dpc BBF refugee

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    I usually offend people in person, so I'm my normal self on the internet.
     
  4. Ed O

    Ed O Administrator Staff Member Administrator

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    I tone things down online. Still more offensive (potentially) than most (both in my blog and on Facebook) but less so than I'm normally tempted to be. :)

    Ed O.
     
  5. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Great Sea Urchin Cerviche

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    I tone it down on facebook....but don't mind drunken photos.
     
  6. BlayZa

    BlayZa Misbehaving responsibly

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    its pretty self regulating - if they find you boring or over the top, you get dropped. nobody has to suffer anyone they dont want too, so really its up to you if you personally dont care, but some other people might and solve things for themselves :P
     
  7. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    I'm just as argumentative/irritable/irritating in person ... I probably swear just as much here as I do in person too, but I'm a lot less 'wordy' out in the wild than I am around here. Generally I don't give a shit in either realm.
     
  8. MARIS61

    MARIS61 Real American

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    I ramp things up online, but am nothing like this in person, and I don't go near Facebook, twitter or anything resembling those sites because A. I don't have the time B. They don't interest me at all and C. It would not help my business (Real Estate) for clients to see my dark, opinionated side.
     
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    LittleAlex Well-Known Member

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    I tone it way down. If it gets posted on the internet it will be out there for years and years. Who knows who might come across something you posted that could cost you in a court case or a back ground search for a job.

    I personally know one guy who lost his job due to posts online.

    Besides all of that, I firmly believe that people who talk shit on message boards are cowards. I don't think of myself as a coward so I don't talk shit online.
    If I need to do that bad enough I will talk that shit face to face.
     
  10. rocketeer

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    if i'm legitimately friends with someone, obviously i wouldn't want to offend them. but at the same time, if i'm actually friends with someone, i'm pretty sure they know me well enough to not get offended by anything i would say or do.
     
  11. BLAZER PROPHET

    BLAZER PROPHET Well-Known Member

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    I often insult on line just for fun when I'm bored. In person, I'm much more congenial.
     
  12. MickZagger

    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    I'm much more of a prick on here than I am in person.
     
  13. Blazed Mania 52

    Blazed Mania 52 Livin' in a Land of Mania

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    I only killed a guy in Detroit once, so I am about the same ol' me on the internet.
     
  14. TehChad

    TehChad Teh Great NEGATOR

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    I don't give a shit, no. And to be honest, I'm generally not that nice of a guy in real life or online. Thus, don't mess with me. [/e-toughnessdisplay] ;p
     
  15. Colonel Ronan

    Colonel Ronan Continue...?

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    I don't know if I'm a dick or not, so I guess I'm the same in both. I am much more respectful on Facebook seeing as I know the faces behind the names.
     
  16. Rodolfo

    Rodolfo Double Stamp>Triple Stamp

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    ah, so the Sergio Love affair is an online thing only?
     

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