RFians are real people?

[Unveiled Artist]

Do you view RFians as real people just as those strangers you talk to in person?

Is there a difference and why?

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I view them as real people.

 

[Wildswanderer]

Do you view RFians as real people just as those strangers you talk to in person?

Is there a difference and why?

Internet people aren't real.

 

[JoshuaTree]

Do you view RFians as real people just as those strangers you talk to in person?

Is there a difference and why?

I don't talk to strangers in person.

 

[Jeremiah Ames]

do I look real to you?

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Most are just words on a screen.

 

[JoshuaTree]

do I look real to you?

You could be a robot, not that robots aren't interesting to talk to, but robots aren't real, are they?

 

[Father Heathen]

Anonymity and lack of a face does make a difference; can be more blunt and honest.

 

[fantome profane]

Some are stranger than others.

 

[JustGeorge]

Anonymity and lack of a face does make a difference; can be more blunt and honest.

Actually, I have the opposite approach. In person, I can kind of gauge body language, facial expression, or other cues to give me a good idea what to expect and how a person will best respond.

Online, that's all thrown in the trash. I tread carefully.

 

[JoshuaTree]

Some are stranger than others.

...yeah.

 

[Deidre]

Better (more real) in some ways that strangers on the street. I don't get this deep with strangers on the street.

 

[Viker]

I view them as real. I'd never get this close to random people in the street.

 

[We Never Know]

Do you view RFians as real people just as those strangers you talk to in person?

Is there a difference and why?

At any given time there are more robots online here than members. This is at the current moment.

 

[MonkeyFire]

I’m real, I just have no self, but my true self in Heaven.

 

[JustGeorge]

I am not a robot...

 

[SomeRandom]

I’m not real

 

[sun rise]

Am I a bot?

 

[Valjean]

Do you view RFians as real people just as those strangers you talk to in person?

Is there a difference and why?

I picture RFers as their avatars.

(Here, have some tuna).

 

[Estro Felino]

Do you view RFians as real people just as those strangers you talk to in person?

Is there a difference and why?

Of course we are.
There is no difference imho.