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dc2:social_life [2024/03/14 14:20] shyriathdc2:social_life [2024/04/02 14:29] (current) shyriath
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 This somewhat confusingly-named tag is an indicator of how open one is in real life about one's online persona, where there is a difference between that and one's 'real self'. As such, it bears a relationship to the [[dc2:Reality Index]], though possibly a confused one, since it hinges very strongly on what definition of 'real self' one is using. This somewhat confusingly-named tag is an indicator of how open one is in real life about one's online persona, where there is a difference between that and one's 'real self'. As such, it bears a relationship to the [[dc2:Reality Index]], though possibly a confused one, since it hinges very strongly on what definition of 'real self' one is using.
  
-For example, Wyrm's site notes that "those who are human on-line, or otherwise are what they say they are in real life, can omit this tag!"But someone with a Reality Index of [[dc2:reality_index#r1|R+++]] or [[dc2:reality_index#r|R+++!]], who would consider themselves to be, for example, a dragon in real life and who therefore might well say that they are what they say they are, might nonetheless find the use of this tag //extremely// relevant in a way that someone who is human both online and in real life might not.+For example, Wyrm's site notes that "those who are human on-line, or otherwise are what they say they are in real life, can omit this tag!" But someone with a Reality Index of [[dc2:reality_index#r1|R+++]] or [[dc2:reality_index#r|R+++!]], who would consider themselves to be, for example, a dragon in real life and who therefore might well say that they are what they say they are, might nonetheless find the use of this tag //extremely// relevant in a way that someone who is human both online and in real life might not.
  
 As with things like the [[dc2:Gender]] tag, one gets the impression that while the makers of the Code certainly wished to be sensitive and understanding toward issues of self-identification, the way in which they handled it was sometimes a little clumsy, though this may say as much about the terminology and discourse of the time as anything else. As with things like the [[dc2:Gender]] tag, one gets the impression that while the makers of the Code certainly wished to be sensitive and understanding toward issues of self-identification, the way in which they handled it was sometimes a little clumsy, though this may say as much about the terminology and discourse of the time as anything else.
  
-How to rate myself here is something I'm a bit uncertain about, because it depends on how brave I'm feeling, but I generally default to something like  **S-**+How to rate myself here is something I'm a bit uncertain about, because it depends on how brave I'm feeling and (as with the Reality Index) which persona we're talking about, but I generally default to something like  **[[#s5|S-]]**.
  
-===== Standard subtypes =====+===== Standard spectrum =====
 ==== S+++! ==== ==== S+++! ====
 //I have made a determined effort to advertise the fact that I'm not a human. My close friends have got used to explaining me to strangers to save them time. I'm so militant about my true identity that even the men in white coats were impressed!// //I have made a determined effort to advertise the fact that I'm not a human. My close friends have got used to explaining me to strangers to save them time. I'm so militant about my true identity that even the men in white coats were impressed!//
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