Oh sorry, forgot to reply yesterday.

I think they are both real (two sides of the same coin), but I prefer the online version of me, for the same reason @plebpoet likes it when people read about her first:

I think it’s easier not to take things personally online since we’re all more or less strangers. In real life, I’m not sure if you have to, but I do tend to keep my guard more up. Not just in a ‘people are mean’ way, but also in a ‘don’t say or do anything stupid’ way.