Originally Posted by
Tiglath
I don't make that distinction. Normally, one cares about what others think, depending on who those others are and what they mean, but in general one tends to care regardless, otherwise I would be writing this without any care for clarity, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and I don't even know who is going to read it.
Actually, self-confident people really don't pay much mind to anonymous folks on the internet. There is most assuredly a distinction to be drawn between how you are thought of amongst your peers and folks you actually deal with and respect, than random anonymous folks who lack any informed basis for the opinions that they spout.