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Originally Posted by abaya
I hear your point, JJ, but at the same time... I'm not particularly interested in acting any other way than who I am on TFP, on the new forum or otherwise. It's a waste of time for me to invent a new personality or set of behaviors. This is who I am, now and in real life, at least as much as I can manage. It's tempting to be anonymous, but it's also pretty disingenuous when I already know most of the community... which is why my commitment remains here.
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I also hear what you're saying and I can understand where there are those who don't feel the need to behave differently in another forum.
I equate it this way: I smoke, drink, cuss, have tattoos and piercings. I'm also a teacher. I don't allow my students to see that aspect of my personality because it's not appropriate for them. However, once I get home, I allow myself to indulge in that other aspect of my personality.
For me, TFP is a great place because it allows for intelligent and mature discussion, while Anarchy is equally great because we're not bound by the rules of TFP. Anarchy allows me to indulge in behaviors I would never engage in here. TFP basically reels us in and discourages us from being the asses we might otherwise be elsewhere.