PSA: Safe Roleplaying

[Trixie]

I met Ben (The Stacker) once, but I've known him for 12 years.

It's weird because some people draw a very hard line between their online and offline 'selves'. For folks like Alex, Joe or Jeff, I'm sure it'd probably be like continuing a skype conversation just like when I and Ben met up, because we've known each other for so long and we pretty much all know what we look/sound like. However, it's hard to say you 'know' someone from their personality on a message board. People can be very different in real life. Some people come to these kinds of sites to roleplay a character both IC and OOC. That's fine, but be aware of that and if someone is evasive when you ask questions pertaining to their real life, know that it's probably best to stay online friends and not push it any further than that.

I think you need to be especially wary having long distance relationships with people you've met online. People have a tendency to put across their "best self" and it's easy to be over-optimistic and project only good qualities into the blanks. After all, you don't see people picking their nose and wiping it on their shirt when you're chatting with them through text This is not a warning I'm expectant of anyone to heed - humans will be humans, especially in regards to following our hearts and libidos. But when you get your heart broken, don't say I didn't warn you~

All I have to say is Milk Bubble and Karen on Chubbs. Alex and Greg would know what I mean. >.< Don't let anybody pull your heart strings over the internet just because you're nice to them. To be a 19 year old idiot again haha