You know that bumpersticker "I wish I were the person my dog thinks I am"? That's kind of how I see the Internet. You can be the best, worst, or just different version of yourself. When we recently had our Detroit Meetup I was a bit terrified to meet lil. I was worried that I wouldn't live up to whatever my "Internet self" was in her eyes. Thankfully, she assured me that I did meet her expectations. (they must have been low). She also told me that I was more handsome in person, which was nice... but makes me want to never post a photo of me online again. At least she didn't call me short, right b_b. Regarding being a different version of yourself, many of us do this with our different groups of friends too IRL and online. I don't know... I'm increasingly of the thought that there is less and less of a difference between the two types of interactions.