Why do we seek advice and opinion from random strangers online, but are scared to do so in real life?

Why do we seek advice and opinion from random strangers online, but are scared to do so in real life?Why do we seek advice and opinion from random strangers online, but are scared to do so in real life?
Strangers don't care about your feelings and can give a true opinion from being on the outside looking in. They don't sugar coat nothing and give it to you straight. Plus this is a way to find out things you might want to know without announcing your business to people who know you. It keeps you annyomous but helps you get your questions answered.Why do we seek advice and opinion from random strangers online, but are scared to do so in real life?
The anonymity of the internet is very liberating, and allows us to pose questions we may be too shy to ask people at random in real life.


It is also a forum in which we can access a much, much broader range of perspectives (age, culture, socio-economic background, etc) than is reasonably possible in real life.


We can seek advice from strangers, absorb what we like, discard what we don't like, and not be held accountable by people in our real life who may attempt to hold us to certain expected standards of behaviour.
Because you'll find that many time, seeking the feedback of someone completely removed from the situation offers you far more unbiased and objective information than someone who is a friend or a family member.





I've found much more brutal honesty and less ';well-meaning but potentially damaging'; advice from an unknown than I have from a known.





It really depends on the information you're seeking and the subject matter.
you can ask us anything, and you will get a variety of free opinions. We can't see you, we aren't able to see if what you are saying is everything or only part of something, we can't search your eyes for clues to the soul. We are taking the questions/concerns at face value and doing our best with it.


People need a since of connection with others when it comes to personal issues. We have a need to know that it's ok, that what we are doing is ok, that we are not weird, that we're not wrong..... We all need to feel accepted no matter what the circumstance.
if i felt my relationship needed serious help, i would seek professional help. thing is, when you seek professional help, it's only one persons opinion, who may or may not be an expert in that department. and it's just like this site is, you ask for advice and take some of it if it's worth using, and leave the rest. but here it's free!
I honestly think its a freaky kind of cool feeling being able to ask whatever you want and not have to worry about everyone knowing who you are. If you answer a question like ....My husband isnt good in the bed anymore how should I let him know??Then you go to the grocery store and you see all these married couples just knowing that one of those ladies could have wrote that question that you answered and recieved best answer is freaky and cool.....
cause its easier to ask online then in real life. I mean think about if you have an embarrassing question your not gonna wanna ask your momma or dad. You can just as easily save the embarrassment and ask some one you don't know. They don't know who you are they cant see your face and...they tend to listen and help better.


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Scared to seek opinions in real life? or scared to carry out the advice they are given? I think that the anonymityty puts people at ease. However, I think the quality of advice can sometimes be poor considering lots of people on here are just kids.
because sometimes we think we are the only ones with problems, and sometimes we find out we are not alone. and sometimes the answers are wise, some just palin about stupid, but we could dismiss them like nothing. but when in real trouble we all need to look for a Professional help.
Talking to strangers is way easier than talking to someone you know because a stranger will be objective and not judge you as quickly as somoene you know.
It's like ships passing in the night.


You don't have to face these anonymous strangers on a regular basis and wish you had not confided your personal problems!
strangers will never know if we actually take their advice.


the real people in our lives will keep nagging at us to take their advice.
idk - but i like the random strangers online. they speak the truth and don't spare my feelings. i need that every now and then.
Because it's easy to dismiss people on here. It's also no big deal if people think you are weird or strange. I don't care what people here think. It doesn't impact my life.
Anonymity.
because we cant seem them sitting there half naked in the boxers


or...





its to expensive to go to a stranger whose qualified
Because real-life people would judge you. No one here knows each other...it's called anonymous.
because you are affraid of what people will think of you.