are you more shy online or in real life?

[captain_obvious]

I was just curious if people are more shy online or in real life.

Personally, I'm more shy online. For example, I rarely write on people's walls, using the chat feature on facebook unless someone posts on my wall, starts a chat, etc. I find myself having less things to talk about for some reason than I do in real life.

[Tynan]

i cant vote on this one im a pretty outgoing person in both real life and online. so who figured.

[Imagine]

I'm more shy in real life. It takes me a bit to warm up to the person, depending on who it is. I'm really outgoing and stuff online.

[Bean]

I'm pretty shy online and in real life, but I'm definately more shy in real life.

[fresco]

I'm more shy online. I still haven't got this whole "how to be social online" thing down. ' e.g...I become uncomfortable if I say something in messenger and the other person doesn't respond for three minutes. lol. It's torture. I wonder things like "Did I say something stupid?" or "Was that insensitive?" or "Would I be ok if this person no longer wanted to be my friend?" Very paranoid lol. I'm really shy on Facebook too. I only write on Walls to tease people or for special occasions like birthdays. I prefer to talk to people online through IMs. I guess it depends where online for me. I feel a lot less awkward totally jumping to a new topic in IM. But stuff like emails...I'm bad at those too.

[captain_obvious]

At least i'm not the only person that is more shy online. I've taken 10-15 mins before just writing a short message about a couple lines on people's facebook walls. It takes me even longer to write an e-mail.

[Pelios]

I don't know people how know me in real life say I tend to struck up a conversation very good, but I don’t think online I’m like that I feel that if I write to someone first I might be “bugging” them so I wait until someone writes to me first.

[.Brittany.]

I'm so shy in real life, even ask Briana xD I barely talked like my first day at her house! :P

[Fanatic]

Not even close to online, but yessss to real life. Alot of anixety and stress! :x

[Feather]

I'm craploads shy in real life.
There are so many things that I say online or through text or whatever that I can't in a face to face situation.

[Cabron]

I'm pretty shy online. I don't want to be seen as a lurk,

[eunoia]

I'm not shy in either situation, I'd say. xD I do worry about looking/seeming odd or saying something other people think is stupid. But I tend to just roll with it. I think the only time any noticeable shyness shows with me is in romantic situations (the worst time) and then it's terrible.

[losing touch.]

I'm not shy online or in person. So i guess i'd say it's the same? idk.

[MadPoet]

I'm a heck of a lot more shy in real life than online. I find it easier to be myself online for some reason. Nothing comes out right when I say it in person. I feel awkward around almost everyone and just constantly laugh. So I tend to like avoiding social confrontations in person. xD

[Arie.]

I'm not really shy online or in real life. I'm more of an outgoing person in real life especially.

[Rainbow Dash]

I'm a LOT more shy offline. I'd love to do what I can do on here in real life. I find it really hard to make new friends in real life :/

[Stephanie]

I would definitely consider myself to be more shy offline, even if I'm not that shy in general... I'm just weird.

[Speechless]

I am extremely shy in real life, especially around people I don't know all that well. I'm still shy online but not so much. I feel more at ease on the computer

[noise94]

I'm not really shy, to be honest, but I'm more outgoing online.

(I can be insanely awkward, though. )

[TheLittleNinja]

Shyish in real life. But, I can talk to anyone really.
Kinda shy online, I don't like people disagreeing with me, and I cant always say things how I would say them in RL. I would say that I'm comfortable online.

[Algernon]

I'm pretty much the same online and In real life. What you see and hear is what you get.

[Spellbound]

I've always been more shy in real life. I've come to realize that it's way easier for me to be myself online, so now I'll basically talk to anyone on the computer. It's so much easier.

[Kanye West]

I am absolutely shy either online or in real life.

I would lean towards me being more shy offline than online because people are that scary looking in person

[The Morrigan]

I'm more shy in real life. I'm super confident online because there's very little chance of me meeting these people. If I ever met any of the people I'm friends with on here in real life I'd not know what to say even if we talk all the time on msn/fb/th chat.

I am getting more outgoing though but only if I have another friend with me, if I'm on my own with a new person I'll still be really shy.

[TheBabyEater]

For me, it depends. I'm rarely shy online, and I wouldn't call myself shy in real life either. I'll just not talk much in a few classes because I either have no one to talk to, or I'm sitting next to a kid I hate and will probably just say something rude.

When I'm with friends though, I never shut up. I tend to have extremes like that >.>

[Lu82]

I used to be super shy but i been working on that.
So i would say im definetely more shy in real life.

[Celestial.]

I'm more shy in real life, I guess partly because they can see my reactions. Like, if someone says something that upsets me, they can see I'm upset, or if they say something that annoys me, they can tell I'm annoyed. Whereas online that doesn't happen.
If that makes sense.

[firecracker]

It's not that I'm particularly shy in real life, I'm just extra-outgoing on the computer.

[jelli1224]

I'm more shy in real life. When your online you can be yourself a little bit more than in person because no one is judging you because of how you look.

[i_am_me_again]

Im shy both online and offline.

[Gymnophoria]

I'm definitely more shy in real life, at least online people don't see or hear me so I'm not so paranoid.
And online you can get away from difficult situations easier by just leaving the website for a bit or closing the window or whatever. If only I could do that in real life

[Soliloquy]

I'm more shy in real life. I guess that because I can't see other people online and they can't see me, it's less threatening.

[Gaia]

I'm shy around new people, or in really big groups. Same online as off. I'm just more of a reserved person. I don't like to share my personal stuff with anyone really.

[Bibliophile]

I'm not shy. At all. I speak my mind and if people don't like that it's not my problem. I'm only shy if I don't know the person so well, or they have an accent different to mine. xD I always worry that they don't understand me.

[Incompris]

I am ridiculously shy in real life. I rarely talk in school, even when I'm around my friends or my brother. At home I talk a little more, but still am pretty quiet. I can go days without saying a word.

I can text pretty easily. Online I can be a little more outgoing, but I am not known to start many conversations and am not very good at keeping them going.

[her_beautiful_mistake]

Neither.. kind of the same

As a general rule though, I find that those that appear most popular/outgoing online are the ones that are lonely/shy in real life.

[PunkRoxS9]

I'm not really shy at all, but, online I can flirt real well and say dirty things, and then in real life they get stuck on my tongue and i feel like an idiot x

[jiggi]

I'm more shy online. I'm pretty confident in real life. I think it's because in real life I can see the person, so I can read them, and I know if there's a reason why they don't reply, and I can tell if I've upset them or anything. I'm much better at starting conversations and making friends in real life too. I can never seem to get talking to people properly online unless I know them really well already

[Awakening]

Im more shy in real life. But I have my times where im outgoing in real life and then theres times where im really shy online. Im horrible at starting conversations but I love talking with people. Im just odd.

[L'espoir]

Originally Posted by NightOfNyx

I'm a heck of a lot more shy in real life than online. I find it easier to be myself online for some reason. Nothing comes out right when I say it in person. I feel awkward around almost everyone and just constantly laugh. So I tend to like avoiding social confrontations in person. xD

Yuhh, I'm like that too. I always feel clumsy, akward and icky in real life, I never get anything right and I always just want to die on the spot when i have to take part in social stuffs