Originally Posted by jade_dragon

GFY finds it acceptable to be one way on the boards and another way in real life. Most people here complain of keyboard warriors and the like but this is just the softer side of it. Unfortunately this is one of those if you can not beat them, join them things and that is unfortunate because a lot of business and pleasure that could have been done here if people tried to be what they are in real life on the boards will be missed out on.

Some of us hold our board personas as direct representations of our business and ourselves, others do not take it that seriously and untill people put their foot down and demand that that changes you have only a few options, Deal with the fact that you will have to pm, call or email a person if you want to know them over the net for real or you are going to have to hang with them in real life. You can go the other way also and simply not do business with people who are not themselves on the boards as they are when off.

Just like in highschool, having a public persona is a risk that sometimes pays off in legendary popularity with the side effect of immunity when it comes to being held responsible for actions, fear based respect or popularity and love of the people around you based on your attitude, intelligence and general pleasantness.

So yes she plays the same game as some of the big boys, yes she is probably 180 from her board persona in real life, yes you are right, if she were an upstart the boards would have shit on her, yes you are entitled to your opinion weither it should have been brought out here or not. But the fact of tha matter is she is popular, she does what she wants and she has put in the real world time to be able to do it that way. SOS you have your own little part in her popularity now as you just brought attention to her. I admire your stating your opinion even though it is not how i would have done it, but it tells us that you are a person who we knows will be the same way on the boards as you are in real life, I am sure politics or not, the people who look for that in business connections will seak you out.

The politics work that way also, people may agree with you as you said but only tell you that in private, perhaps that was your motive, perhaps SOS knows how to play the game also