I didn’t say real, I said genuine. There are tons of real people out there on the web who aren’t genuine.
We live so much through our avatars and micro messages that we can say whatever we want…or can we? Seems like we’re more accountable for our words since they’re going on record.
Being genuine means being human, having humanity. You don’t have to be nice or funny or sarcastic but you do have to be something others are not, and that’s you.
You can tell people are genuine by the way they speak and the stuff they speak about. It’s usually something you can relate to without ever having to think about it — as in the speaker’s intention, or intention in general.
Total uncontrived empathy.