tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23912478.post7828602782527612174..comments2024-01-03T12:45:39.815+00:00Comments on peripatetic axiom: Fauxtrovertkeithbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14314542307822401015noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23912478.post-44851752633166303482009-03-05T21:20:00.000+00:002009-03-05T21:20:00.000+00:00Interesting. I do think that I have a context-inde...Interesting. I do think that I have a context-independent personality, and at the same time different aspects of that personality express themselves differently in different context. Perhaps we agree?<BR/><BR/>Twitter (and email and wiki and...) strike me as being like masks. I've done enough acting in front of paying audiences to know that masks give you permission to do things that you always could but never would. So, in once sense I'm that, for example, the extroversion that you feel you exhibit on twitter is genuine. <BR/><BR/>At the same time, I'm not convinced that all the extroversion exhibited by everyone all the time is authentic. I think I know that some of mine isn't.keithbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314542307822401015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23912478.post-59971885492756261942009-02-26T14:56:00.000+00:002009-02-26T14:56:00.000+00:00I disagree. Perhaps it's because I'm aware that my...I disagree. Perhaps it's because I'm aware that my public-speaking persona is substantially different than my in-person persona, but I don't believe in context-independent personality. The medium (twitter) allows a kind of extroversion that I don't do in person, but that doesn't mean it's fake. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, my tweeting isn't particularly phatic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com