I often feel terribly shy when I meet Buffistas in person, sadly. I mean, you'd think that I'd be able to talk to people I've spoken to online daily for 12 years, but sometimes, no.

This is so me. I also find it weird to meet someone for the first time when I already know all this stuff about them. And I find the whole IRL name/board name thing weird.

I can be extroverted in spurts but I value my alone time.

Like me!

What I love is that Buffistas know how to do alone time together.

what's the term for someone who is very much an extrovert, but absolutely needs a certain amount of alone time/down time?

That's me too, although I think for me the line isn't socializing/alone time, it's need-to-cope/others-can-cope. More than alone time I just need down time, but I'm totally fine if down time involves hanging with friends while someone else plans dinner.

I also seem to be singular in my opinion that the time I spend on this board feels like socializing with others, not being alone. But maybe that's part of why b.org works so well, the extroverts can come by and socialize and the introverts can hang out without feeling like they have to put themselves out there.

I definitely tend towards extrovert, but when it's a new crowd for me I tend to be a people watcher.

I often feel terribly shy when I meet Buffistas in person, sadly. I mean, you'd think that I'd be able to talk to people I've spoken to online daily for 12 years, but sometimes, no.

Me, too. I have lots of backstory and interesting,"So how's that [thingy] going?" stuff associated with people's handles, but it's hard for me to convert that to faces. And I can't go back up the thread to figure out a conversation topic in a face to face situation.

Also, yay Nilly baby!

I definitely tend towards extrovert, but when it's a new crowd for me I tend to be a people watcher.

I am ND's ring twin AND extrovert twin! Though I'm needing more and more time alone to recharge, I do love meeting people/hanging out with people/hosting parties, etc. As might be obvious.

I also seem to be singular in my opinion that the time I spend on this board feels like socializing with others, not being alone.

Hm, I think it's more like, this board is the kind of socializing I like. Communicating online is all the good parts of having a social life while still letting me be more or less a hermit.

Timelies all!

Congrats to Nilly and family on the newest addition!

I love random new people, but they need to keep to my schedule, and also not interrupt. There will be breaks for applause in due time.

speaking of which, thank God training is over. Now rush hours. And then work on the new project.

I suck at networking in groups, because I have a terrible time approaching strangers or inserting myself into a conversation. My hands turn cold. I sweat. I have been known to get to an event; start to enter; and then turn around and go home. If I actually manage to get into a conversation, I usually talk too much. I also have phone fear. I can call people as a reporter, because reporter me is practically an alter ego.

I feel like being here is social interaction, but when I'm feeling asocial, I can read and not post. Sometimes I have the fear of sounding stupid or hurting someone's feelings that I have in real life, and write whole posts and then delete them.