How open/secretive are you on the internet?

[VGPolyglot]

Hiku said:

VGPolyglot said:

Do you not make connections due to weariness, or is it just that you haven't found people that you share enough interests with?

Neither. I've interacted with a number of people here on this forum for example that I share enough interests with that I probably would have considered making friends with them in the past. But because it's not something I'm actively looking for, and wouldn't know if it's something they are interested in either, I tend to not think about it.

I think the biggest difference may be that I find it difficult to make personal connections only through posts, usually. Because when I think back, most of the people I met online and either considered friends, or felt comfortable enough to share personal stories with, I interacted with through some type of chat at some point.
I feel it's easier click with someone when there's not a 50 minute delay between each response, and people behave a bit differently in those type of environments.
For example, in a chat I could talk about whatever I want (within reason), whenever I want, without worrying about going "off topic" right?

Yeah, that makes sense.