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Anonymous · 09-14-2005, 06:20 PM

He sure is a jackass

il Padrino Ute · 09-14-2005, 06:44 PM

He's actually a good guy. Most of what he says online isn't necessarily what he believes, but is more to get a reaction.

Archaea · 09-14-2005, 08:15 PM

although I hear, but have not seen, that he has a temper.

Don't judge people by their posts. Some do it just to get reactions from people which they otherwise wouldn't seek.

mpfunk · 09-14-2005, 08:16 PM

He is a nice guy in person but I agree with il Pad that his online persona can be kind of a dick at times. Sometimes I get a little tired with it, but also at times he can be funny so I guess you take the good with the bad.

UtahDan · 09-14-2005, 09:30 PM

are sort of in a category that I tired out on a long time ago. A little to strident and smug in their views and the way they express them for my taste. I'm sure he is a nice person and of course I doubt there are too many people whose online alter-ego matches them in person.

OhioBlue · 09-14-2005, 09:51 PM

Not that anyone cares, but this discussion of how much people's online personalities match their true selves is an interesting one and has some fun implications for the social psychologist in me and all of us.

I hear often that the way in which people post is not representative of their true persona, but research on online communication would disagree. People may go to extremes and amplify behaviors that, without the guise of anonymity, might be more subtle in person. But given enough time and interaction, glimpses or in some cases wall-sized murals tend to emerge. For example, consider that when we meet people on the board it is often the first time we are seeing them and having an actual lived exchange. Not much gets shown in those situations, and personalities are tempered in favor of playing nice as is required in such social situations. But how many people from the board have you met and then subsequently seen more frequently, had more contact with? Or friends of yours that you know well--beyond chance social meetings--that post on the boards? I have yet to experience a person who fits these criteria as being vastly different on an internet forum from the way that I experience them in 'real' life. And their posts tend to illuminate the 'real life' version of them in ways that fit my experience of them. As I'm sure my current post is doing for those of you that know me.

It's a subject I was interested in enough a couple years ago to do some reviewing of the literature and find some moderately interesting things. I ended up writing a paper for a class in fact, a research proposal using message board participants as subjects.

Anyway, I'll stop now. Food for thought, or is it thought for food.

JazzyUte · 09-14-2005, 10:47 PM

I met Crimson at the Utah-Arizona tailgate. Online we don't get along very well, however in person he was pretty nice to me.

MikeWaters · 09-14-2005, 11:00 PM

So Mr. Crimson is basically the Ute version of me?

UtahDan · 09-15-2005, 12:02 AM

I would be interested in reading that. Can you email it to me? Thanks.

SuperDuperBlueCoog · 09-15-2005, 04:23 AM

And let me tell you he is a complete loser. I'd like to fight him sometime.

09-14-2005, 06:20 PM	#1
Anonymous Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 39	anybody met Mr. Crimson? He sure is a jackass

09-14-2005, 06:44 PM	#2
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	That's his online persona... He's actually a good guy. Most of what he says online isn't necessarily what he believes, but is more to get a reaction. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

09-14-2005, 08:15 PM	#3
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	He's not what you think although I hear, but have not seen, that he has a temper. Don't judge people by their posts. Some do it just to get reactions from people which they otherwise wouldn't seek. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

09-14-2005, 09:30 PM	#5
UtahDan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Bluth Home Posts: 3,877	He and a few others... are sort of in a category that I tired out on a long time ago. A little to strident and smug in their views and the way they express them for my taste. I'm sure he is a nice person and of course I doubt there are too many people whose online alter-ego matches them in person. __________________ The Bible tells us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go. -Galileo

09-15-2005, 12:02 AM	#9
UtahDan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Bluth Home Posts: 3,877	Ohio... I would be interested in reading that. Can you email it to me? Thanks. __________________ The Bible tells us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go. -Galileo

09-14-2005, 08:16 PM	#4
mpfunk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,619	He is a nice guy in person but I agree with il Pad that his online persona can be kind of a dick at times. Sometimes I get a little tired with it, but also at times he can be funny so I guess you take the good with the bad.

09-14-2005, 09:51 PM	#6
OhioBlue Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 469	Not that anyone cares, but this discussion of how much people's online personalities match their true selves is an interesting one and has some fun implications for the social psychologist in me and all of us. I hear often that the way in which people post is not representative of their true persona, but research on online communication would disagree. People may go to extremes and amplify behaviors that, without the guise of anonymity, might be more subtle in person. But given enough time and interaction, glimpses or in some cases wall-sized murals tend to emerge. For example, consider that when we meet people on the board it is often the first time we are seeing them and having an actual lived exchange. Not much gets shown in those situations, and personalities are tempered in favor of playing nice as is required in such social situations. But how many people from the board have you met and then subsequently seen more frequently, had more contact with? Or friends of yours that you know well--beyond chance social meetings--that post on the boards? I have yet to experience a person who fits these criteria as being vastly different on an internet forum from the way that I experience them in 'real' life. And their posts tend to illuminate the 'real life' version of them in ways that fit my experience of them. As I'm sure my current post is doing for those of you that know me. It's a subject I was interested in enough a couple years ago to do some reviewing of the literature and find some moderately interesting things. I ended up writing a paper for a class in fact, a research proposal using message board participants as subjects. Anyway, I'll stop now. Food for thought, or is it thought for food.

09-14-2005, 10:47 PM	#7
JazzyUte Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SLC Posts: 35	I met Crimson at the Utah-Arizona tailgate. Online we don't get along very well, however in person he was pretty nice to me.

09-14-2005, 11:00 PM	#8
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	So Mr. Crimson is basically the Ute version of me?

09-15-2005, 04:23 AM	#10
SuperDuperBlueCoog Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3	I've met the guy And let me tell you he is a complete loser. I'd like to fight him sometime.