How "real" is the Internet?

[BreakABone]

I am going to agree and disagree with Xantar here. I personally believe that you exist on the internet as a fragment of your personality, but I believe that people wear many "faces" in their life.

The same way, most people don't act the same way around their parents/family as they do with their friends or their co-workers. We all learn to adept and change our personas (as little as possible) to fit into the situation.

I feel the internet is no different. Most of you speak to me outside of this forum, and I'm sure a ton of you have issues with the way I sometimes write my IMs, do you think I speak in those vague, broken sentences in real life?

On the other end, the general persona that I represent on the internet is pretty much what you will get when you meet me, as I'm sure many on these forums can attest to.

So guess the short and simple of it, yes the internet is real, but no you aren't ever 100% you on it.