For a time she was a regular participant on the INTPc Friday Skype chats, and she was actually much less intense in voice chat than she came across on the forum. She was cool in casual conversation, but could get quite intense if you disagreed with her on hot button topics.
It was interesting to observe how different people came across via text versus over voice. Ptah was another people who came across way more rigid on the forum whereas chatting on voice he came across much more affable. Some people really seemed to lean even harder into the extremes of their forum personas, it seemed.
Oh. That's interesting. I didn't even know about the Skype chats until around the time I got banned. There have not been very many voice chats, but I think participating in Discord has changed the perceptions of some people. But I also think I'm less rigid than I was even five years ago, or even two years ago.
Qualia was that way on the forum, but I always felt like she always had a good reason for going after people, even if she sometimes took it too far. Most of the other people who had that as their thing would go exclusively after noobs or unpopular members (like me). She went after members of the inner circle, which probably helped get her in trouble. In other words, she fought for what she believed in without getting on my case for something minor like complaining about a lousy date. She went after the people to which I silently went "well, why does nobody do anything about those people, if everyone cares as much as they are claiming?" rather than bothering me because I'm an easy target*. This also made me feel better about the world in a general sense. The other thing is that she reminded me of myself in high school and college; I had a similar style when speaking about politics. I think that may have resurfaced here on occasion.
In other words, I found her a relatable if occasionally intimidating figure.
Also, the user that got her banned, Cam'ron, was almost certainly a dupe, although I didn't see it at the time. He claimed to be a Jewish businessman or something like that from Philadelphia, who would make frequent typos, like I do sometimes because I'm often impatient and impulsive and don't always proofread my posts, especially in those days. The whole Cam'ron thing was too convenient, too constructed. I'm sure Cam'ron was none of the things he claimed to be.
Also, somebody once bragged to me, via rep I believe, that they got rid of Qualia.
