Online Falseness

Call me cynical, but I believe over 80% of the people online are not being themselves, and have resorted to the Internet to become that cool guy that they've always wanted to be.

Whether it's a message board I'm visiting, or a social networking site, it just seems to be predominately populated by people that aren't being themselves. People will post things that are obviously not well thought out, and it shows. You can tell they're only posting it so the readers of that post will think higher of him/her.

One of my friends who I met online has always had his unique form of writing. It's informal to say the least, but that's what I like about him. He's a guy that likes to be unique, or at least I thought he did. I recently spotted him on a message board that is filled with people who subjectively believe they're intelligent. (I know this as I was a former member myself.) They don't admit it, but it shows. Most of them have egos the size of Jupiter. Whether those egos are warranted is unknown, but I highly doubt it in most cases. Anyway, he registered at this forum. It wasn't long before his unique style of writing went out the window, and he became sort of a grammar nazi. I'm disappointed to say the least. It always shocks me to see how people change around different people, and how they'll alter themselves just for the sake of fitting in.