Do you feel that the "protection" of a site like fluther - the fact that you can hide behind an avatar - allows you to be more truthful?

Of course. This way I won’t get socked in the mouth.

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More truthful? Are there degrees of truthfulness? I was of the impression that it was either the truth or it was not. I just tell it – the avatar has nothing to do with what I tell to the collective. Perhaps the anonymity of not using your real name, or not having an actual picture filters less of what people answer, but perhaps it doesn’t.

Not particularly. I hold my integrity highly for myself and try and do so online as well. Also sometimes I get knocked around by Trolls or other people who have a knack for words and for drawing me into their arguments, I hate it when people do that and it stresses me out.
I do find it refreshing though when I say something stupid or have an argument with someone that I do not know them and they do not know me so that gives me some peace of mind.

Du-uuh!

Well, let me explain a little. It’s not the quality of the truth, but the extent of the truth that is facilitated by a mask. It is too dangerous to reveal all about yourself in the rl. In vl, if it isn’t traceable back to you in rl, you can talk about all of it.

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If your girlfriend reads cosmo, she will find out the way to check all your fluther posts and questions, then, you’ll be in trouble… (remember, cosmo tells your girlfrielend that its o.k. to google you) :(

@daloon
Exactly. That’s what I meant by the Oscar Wilde quote

@flameboi I agree with cosmo. And you won’t hear me say that often

Absolutely not.

Good ol’ Oscar.

Sure, I say more here than I would IRL, at least to the extent of feelings, especially about how I feel concerning things and situations because a lot of times it’s inappropriate to bring up feelings IRL conversations. Most times, people IRL are trying to get something done and are not talking about their feelings or beliefs.