Is being anonymous make you feel completely free in SW?

Does it help you say things you never said to anyone? Share experiences and trauma that you never shared? Without being afraid of altering your facade.

I personally think that being anonymous helps sharing your deepest, darkest secrets to the world, facing them at last, without touching your pride or feeling vulnerable. (to some extent I think...)

It's therapeutic, in a sense, except when the trolls answer I guess.

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DunningKruger · 61-69, M

I wouldn't say I'm completely anonymous here, as the character I play is at least a portion of who I am. That said, yes, it's a lot easier to discuss things with people here than it is in the real world. Whether that's the anonymity or simply the distance created by communicating with strangers or some combination of those and other factors, I couldn't say.

Friendlyperson · 26-30, F

@DunningKruger We are all a portion of who we really are in this website. But there is little to no chance of people linking who you are here to your indentity irl, unless you give it to them I guess.

DunningKruger · 61-69, M

@Friendlyperson Sure, I get what you mean.

Friendlyperson · 26-30, F

@DunningKruger Either ways, Im glad you are finding it a place to be free and communicative more than irl.

DunningKruger · 61-69, M

@Friendlyperson The biggest problem I find here is that people so often disappear here without a word. I had a friend here who I knew from EP for years, and then one day she up and disappeared. No idea what happened. Online friendships are more fragile and limited than real life friendships, yet they hurt just as much when they end.

Friendlyperson · 26-30, F

@DunningKruger Oh god, that's so relatable. I had the same to be honest, from EP days and the relationship disappeared without a trace.
I think the solution to that is that whenever you feel the friendship kindling you gotta keep some sort of contact outside of SW. Unless you worry about the anonimity, then it would be up to you

DunningKruger · 61-69, M

@Friendlyperson Yes, but here's the thing. With my friend Sarah, we were good friends for about 7 years. We chatted almost every day. I chatted with her in the morning and then saw that her account had been banned by the afternoon. And she had my email address, had my phone number, and I had her email address. But she never reached out to me, and apparently stopped monitoring her email address. So, it makes me feel bad that we were friends for so long, and shared a lot, and then to have her just ghost me like that makes me wonder if we weren't really friends at all. Which is disappointing, at best.

Friendlyperson · 26-30, F

@DunningKruger Oh my god, I'm sorry about that for real. It's sad that you didn't keep her phone number or something.
Did you look her up in facebook or some social media?

DunningKruger · 61-69, M

@Friendlyperson Yes. The only things I could find were no longer maintained.

Friendlyperson · 26-30, F

@DunningKruger Well, some friends are not meant to be it seems. I m really sorry about that. 🙏 I hope you could get over it soon