People are more bold on the internet, willing to either put themselves out there all the way or create a whole different person to represent them.

• The weird artsy girl in your class is a blogging sex kitten
• The nerd dominates & gets respect in  tech forums
• The nice guy summons his inner bad boy on social networks

and so on and so fourth. You’re more confident and more opinionated (sometimes good and bad) without worrying about the repercussions.

This observation used to swirl in my head when I sat in my classrooms, I’d wonder what their online personalities were. Maybe they were closeted singers, poets, artists. Do they have a blog that contains their bleeding heart or are they a secret suicidal girl with tattoos I never thought they’d have.

Think about it next time you’re on a bus, subway or train. Is the girl sitting next to you with the plain T, plain jeans, and plain face a pornotube vixen or starting a political movement? I make up stories in my head when I sit next to people in a public place, imagine them going home and logging online showcasing their latest knitting prodigies or Potato collection of famous rock musicians.

There are so many possibilities..