Is your internet persona/"avatar" the true you or a mask?

[angrypoolman]

Akvod said:
Pretty much I just think that the internet is like the id. We just indulge ourselves in whatever the fuck we wanted to do (pirating whatever movie we want, watching whatever sick thing we wanted to do, saying whatever nasty thing we wanted to say to each other, etc).

So my question (I see a lot of people thinking I meant their avatar picture) is: Is the self you portray in the internet your true internal character? Since we're not bound by reputation or social norms.

On the other hand, there are people such as net idols and bloggers.

Are we more true to ourselves on the net or in real life?

im completely different in real life. i think youre right about the net being like our id, and thats why i made this account. to troll the forumz and live out what i want to do every day but cant due to it affecting my actual life.

 

edit: about the avatar part though. its my cat, and that pose she does, i think, perfectly captures what i am here on these forums to do: to be a complete idiot. =]