Social Awkwardness Online

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I'm always worried about what i say, i reveiw my replies on here about 3 to 5 times to make sure that i dont do this or that or something horrible. I went on to ventrilo for the first time about 2 years ago, its a live voice chat program, and i studdered like, um i think its studderlingly stanley i think thats it?

The only problem I have is with small talk, even online.

Looking at how well I generally do in chats and IM's: the amount and frequency of rejections and cold shoulders when I chat to people online, every chat being like 2 minutes or even seconds; the amount of fault finding and criticism of me when I talk to people online; the fact that no chat ever goes well, ever, and I consistently do extremely badly; this shows I have severe, deep seated problems with social awkwardness online.

Instant Messenging and using online as a resource has helped me learn social nuances that I had a harder time learning beforehand personally! I would have a pretty good understanding of how computer savvy the other user was, and then I'd pretty much know if they were ignoring me but talking with others. Sometimes I'd get a buggin; feelin' that someone had blocked me, and I might have some ways of figuring it out. If I figured it out, I wouldn't bring it up to that person, I'd try to steer absolutely clear and not waste my time. This has helped me a lot.