Do your real world and online personalities differ much?

I feel like mine does. I feel much more confident online than in the real world. I’m willing to take more risks, and tell more truth. Online, I can show off more. It is mainly because there are no serious consequences if people hate me.

In the real world I hide things. I only talk about the good or safe things I do; never the bad things. I don’t talk about my problems (except to professionals). I’m most just trying to get along without getting killed, and without finding any attention, and without angering anyone.

I hear that one of the problems for people trying to find a partner through dating sites is that everyone exagerates their profile. I think I’m no different. I exagerate myself. Not intentionally, but when I review the stuff I post, that’s what I think has happened.

What about you? How much do your real life and online personalities differ, if at all? How would you characterize any difference or similarity? How would you explain the difference or similarity?