Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-226878-20150618064706

Have you ever wondered if someone you know is a random lurker, wikier, forum-user? Have you ever wondered if a certain wikier or forum-user may actually be someone you know? Do you ever wish either of these statements were true?

Have you ever met a wikier or forum-user in person? Do you wish you could? Have you ever actually found someone you previously knew who now suddenly pops up on a wiki or forum?

I suppose it's not altogether uncommon. In a few wikis and forums I've been in, I've noticed relationships between users that seemed to go beyond the web. Honestly, I don't know whether that occurred before they met online or what.

As for me, I've never met anyone from these sites in person and I'm fairly confident that no one I've ever known in person is in anyway related to any of these sites. Why? Because I talk about the sites I'm a part of. I talk about them a fairly decent amount. I usually just get blank stares as a response. I suppose it's possible I do know someone and maybe they are ashamed/embarrassed. Or maybe they just don't want me to know because they wouldn't normally associate with me even online. I also find it surprisingly rare to find someone from one site on another. I mean, I've known users who have known users from other sites. But for example, I don't know of any (or many) users here who could say they also joined Eyes On Final Fantasy or Snafu-Comics, and I'm hard-pressed to name anyone from either of those sites who would confirm they edit on any kind of wiki (other than the main wikipedia).

Mostly, I find myself contemplating how well I would get along with anyone from these site were I to meet them in person. I mean, chances are likely that IF I've already met them in person, then I already get along with them as there is hardly anyone I can think of that I don't inevitably get along with if I had to get to know them for the first time. But I've never been tested in this capacity: to try to get along with someone whose personality I've already gleaned by their behavior online. I'm sure each of us has a handful of people we'd like to meet in person and another handful we'd sooner like to shove up Satan's sulfuric rectal cavity.

I'm sure this had a point, but I've forgotten what it was. 