Do you think most Flutherites provide honest answers?

We all use Fluther in our own way with our own goals, to learn, to understand, to gain lurve… whatever. As for the sincerity of answers, I think the vast majority of users end up baring their souls one way or another in their time here. Intentionally or not.

I am pretty sure almost everybody here provides honest answers 99% of the time. Even if some people may occasionally look at their lurve score, I really doubt anyone cares that much about it. So even if the answers are wrong/dumb/invalid/off topic, they are what the person really believed and felt at the time.

A similar question was posted recently that may provide additional insight.

@The_Compassionate_Heretic Thanks. Good link.

I like to think I’m honest all the time…but there is that little bit of tempting lurve there in the back of my mind sometimes…

Deja vu.

I don’t think we’d be so obsessed with anonymity if we weren’t being honest, at least most of the time.

I am someone who provides quality honest answers in lieu of making jokes. Some people express themselves better through humour, for the most part it doesn’t bug me.

As for the purpose of lurve, can’t it be OK having no purpose? I’ve never had any issues figuring out a purpose for lurve even though it’s apparent I’ve accumulated quite a bit. It just is, just like a green hat or an umbrella with stripes.

A little of both I believe! I try to be as candid as possible. Sometimes I may not feel like sharing a life experience or whatever. Doesn’t mean my answers are dishonest or half-assed! If there is something I’m not comfortable sharing about me or my experiences I’ll try to answer without implicating myself! lolz

I think it’s fairly apparent when people are making a joke and when people are being sincere. Jokes are fine but if someone only throws jokes or sarcasm your way, it’s harder to recognize when they are being serious, though a sense of humor is a healthy thing.

Sometimes I provide quality answers, and sometimes I answer with a joke. A lot of times I get lurve, but a lot of times I don’t. A lot of times I give lurve, but a lot of times I don’t.

However, if we got umbrellas with stripes or green hats instead, I think I would opt for the umbrellas. I can always use another umbrella.

I can only speak for myself and I am honest always, on here. No one is forcing me to be on here, so why would I care to appear different, why would I provide socially acceptable answers when I don’t even lead my life that way

I treat fluther like I treat any other part of my life that has value to me. I answer sometimes with a serious note, and sometimes I kid around. A sense of humor is a fine thing, but a sense of compassion for others is a much finer thing.

There was waaaay too much drama over at AV, I for one do NOT want to have to deal with that kind of shit here on Fluther. I really have no reason to be a prick on Fluther, and if I have a problem with someone, I will try my damndest to simly ignore them. I don’t always succeed, but I really do try.

If I am not to your liking, I ask that you please do the same. Life is too short to spend it quarreling with others.

I would imagine that most people give honest answers because they are fairly anonymous here. Personally I answer all questions honestly and leave anything out that I don’t want to reveal about myself or my life. I never add things that aren’t true to make my answer more interesting or anything like that. If there is a question that I would require me to lie in order to not reveal something about myself then I just skip past that question!

@Darwin Oh you just gave me an idea for an umbrella question.

i think folks offer honest and sincere responses the vast majority of the time. but, it’s interesting that you can sometimes find yourself on opposite ends of essentially the same point or topic. so sometimes i think the wording of the question or how a topic comes up can affect your position on the topic or question.

something that i do think happens (and this is only imo) is that a thread becomes a contest, and you know flutherites don’t like to lose. we become defensive, closed to other opinions, and argumentative. rhetoric becomes heated and instead of making points or counterpoints arrows start flying back and forth. that’s usually a good jumping off point although i must admit i am as apt to allow myself to become engaged.

funny thing is that after, when i return to the real world, i realize the main thing i get out of fluther is entertainment. yes, i have also learned some important things along the way and hopefully provided significant feedback along the way as well. but, in between, i’ve mostly managed to enjoy this site and forming mental pictures and virtual opinions of its participants.

for the most part, yeah. at least, i haven’t seen much of a reason to doubt that they do. and for all of us that only know each other through the internet, it doesn’t terribly make a difference.

I’m honest to a fault and so are my answers here on Fluther. If I ever plan to lie to anyone here, I’m going to warn you about it beforehand. Yes, I believe that most Flutherites provide honest answers. That’s the God’s honest truth right there. I swear it.