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Mack Collier's avatar

Hi Hege, as a fellow introvert, I appreciate the way you frame the distinction between introverts and extroverts as being around interactions. As you said, extroverts thrive off more interactions, while introverts want more 'deliberate' interactions, I guess you could say. Extroverts love to chat and mingle, introverts want to think carefully before they speak, we want to organize our thoughts first. I can see how an extrovert could view such behavior as being aloft or 'stuck up'. But it's just a different communication style.

In that regard (considering carefully before talking), I think it's easier for an introvert to appear more extroverted online. I used to tell people 'I am introverted offline, extroverted online. It's complicated' lol But I think there's some truth to that. Some of the communication barriers such as the dreaded 'small talk' are reduced or removed online, and I think that helps introverts such as us more freely communicate.

This was a great post, thanks for sharing.

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