Do you act different Online compared to Offline?

Yes, i am much more social online than irl, it just comes with being shy all the time.

I'm probably much more of a cunt.

Not really no. I've thought about it because I know there are certain differences, or things that I don't share between both realms...but I am who I am, and that generally comes out regardless. I speak the same way, think the same way, care about the same things, and don't generally see a point in pretending otherwise. Even if I know that people online or offline will never get to know me, I'd rather that be a decision based on who I am rather than who I've presented myself as depending on the situation.
I want to be denied or accepted as me, not a caricature of myself.
Maybe that's bull...but I'm fairly certain it isn't.

I hear that online, I'm a lot more irreverent than I am in person. It's probably a byproduct of being at a keyboard-- while I tend to type with the same correct mechanics that I talk with, the words tend to come out differently. I wind up formatting my thoughts to be read on a page instead of spoken aloud, which lends itself to a different tone online. (That is, unless I'm narrating into a recorder. I've done that before when I've needed to write up a speech and didn't want it to sound awkward.)

I do act differently online compared to offline. It's more like I am capable of being more honest/show more of my real self. Never been good with face to face communication is the main culprit, but also a more certain feeling in a given setting that you are among people with similar interests/tastes. Nothing kills conversation more than having nothing to say after all.

I'm certainly a lot more sexual online, no doubt there.
And online I seem more cheery where in real life I am often quite serious.

I am the same both online and offline. To be fair I would say that I use much more malicious language IRL, because my humor is at the expense of other persons. The only reason I tone it down a bit is because if I did not most forums would ban me for being racist, trolling, flaming and so on. I still joke about other people online, but due to doing my best dodging banhammers, I am a lot more civil in my speech online.

It's definitely a lot easier to speak carefully online, since you can see all of your words right in front of you before you post.

Very different.

In my opinion, the major factor that makes us act different online as compared to offline is anonymity. I think most people would feel a heavier burden from criticism in real life rather than online, which would explain why some people are being "more like their true selves" online. Furthermore, a benefit to online communication is that you get to review what you're about to send or post before doing so, something we can't really do in real life when talking face to face since we can't turn back time.

I do, Offline i'm not social at all and try to avoid contact with others, So i try to get away from the negative things and i go into my own world online where i try to be more ''Confident'' and try to be social.

^ This pretty much sums it up for me.

I tend to back-pedal on a lot of what I say IRL because I'm really bad at communicating how I interpret things to people, apparently, whereas online I can type out paragraphs and paragraphs yet usually end up sending no more than a single sentence.

Housemates especially are finding it annoying that it sounds like i'm writing up the 5th Harry potter book as if from memory only to find i'm just constantly deleting everything I've written because i'm worried how it'll read once it's posted.

People are supposed to get more confident but I find myself pressured not to fuck up even more despite this 'anonymity'.

Well a while ago that would of been a yes, not entirely sure now. I am just as sociable and proactive IRL and on the internet now which is good, cause back then it was equally silent. Though for some reason at time I have a huge aversion in playing PVP games, not too sure why that is the case.

Yea, prettt much has to do with anonymity that the internet provides. I remember being extremely polite to people when I was younger but a total douchebag on games like maplestory. And then theres omegle, where I got to say the extent of which anonymity warped me and ther people's personalities. It's also the reason why I feel comfortable talking with people about hentai on a hentai forum online (well to a lesser extent now because nsa)

[size=10]Ever see spaghetti fall out of someone's pockets so much you think they'd pull a blankie and a pacifier out of their back pockets and start suckin their thumbs in desperation?
Yeah, that's me.
I'm horrible awkward irl and no one likes me so ahahaha[/h]

Yup, I'm an honest asshole online and offline!

Through text I am extremely more feminine then i am in real life. And over voice i use a really calm-realxed monotone type of voice i usually use irl. Behavior wise, i'm actually more shy online joining group calls on skype or turning my mic on during DotA or CS:GO then i am in real life interacting with people.

honestly I do and I don't. The guy I act online is the real me, the guy I act offline isn't. but sometimes you have to be nice; i kinda just say whatever i want and a lot of it's really mean sometimes. in real life i try not to be mean.

a number of online friends I've made I have gone to meet in real life.
the best description I've gotten but all are very similar, "you big on the net and quite in real life".

Can you cite where you got this information? pretty profound

I will say yes simply because I believe that I'm hardly ever acting as my true self.

I get a little bit closer to it online, but I'm mostly a passive observer of what the net has to offer than an active participant, like I used to be. As with a lot of the other replies to this topic anonymity makes it simpler, although none of us are truly anonymous if one tries to find us. I simply end up being able to put a thought together more coherently when it's in a chat box being written out, unlike some replies I don't really tend to back pedal what I type but there is a comfort to the keyboard.

Offline I'm outgoing and sociable, although that's if you talk to me, it's uncommon that I'll start a conversation with you while going about town doing my errands, although I will always reply. There have been multiple times when simply sitting and smoking a cigarette I ended up having a 1-2 hour conversation with a complete stranger, parting ways, and never seeing that person again.

I still feel like that isn't me though because once I step outside my front door I put on one of many faces, be it the polite and courteous face for work, the big smile for out and about, or the never upset impossible to get down and always happy exterior I use with friends and family.

Well look at this rambling, I don't know whether this really contributed anything but I suppose erasing this and moving on really contributes nothing :P