Jay,
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>>How I am in person is how I am here. Six foot one, BTW.:-)
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>It's kind of interesting, because that's really what I thought you were going to say. Some people, myself included, probably feel that it's somewhat of a cyberworld, like a game almost. I wonder if it makes a difference for the ones that have had real world face-to-face contact with other members? It's easy to always see them as their icon-sized picture, or as the printed name, but when you actually have met them, would it still be the same? Tracy brings up a great point also about how we read only what interest us, and that in itself affects the part of us that's displayed here.

You thought of me as be six one? Let's play the Psychic Game...

And now, for the grand prize (a cheese straightener) how much do I weigh?

Seriously, I wonder the same thing about the face-to-face issue. As you may know, I'm from the Southside of Chicago (Go White Sox!). There, if you said something to someone that you wouldn't have said to the person in question, there could be a serious problem.

As to multiple persona, I'm guilty. There's Media Jones, Otis L. E. Vator and so on. My favorite, however, is the cartoon character, Elmer Fudd. I do a fair Elmer, and have even worked up a bit with Elmer singing his "Greatest Hits", like you see on those Time-Life music ads, and I even do the voice over (I've good voice control). Elmer sings things like: She Loves You, On Broadway and so on. He even does Christmas carols, such as, We Wish You a Merry Christmas. I also do Bob Dylan (whom I blame for rap), but it's no where near as funny as Elmer.