Initially, I wanted to be liked... and I was. But, stuff happened that made me get over wanting to be liked. Now, it doesn't matter, for the most part, what people think of me. The ones that I want respect from, they give it to me. The ones I want to like me, they do. I am content with how my online life is currently... which is spent mostly in hidden status because I have evolved into a lurker due to several bad experiences.