I struggle with this one a lot, myself. That's why I made my Ice Breaker blog because I don't want people to think I'm just a one dimensional happy person 24/7. It is a strange balance, isn't it? Wanting to only have supportive environment but also not wanting to silence the harsher and crazier parts of life while also not wanting to feed it too much so that it does not avalanche.

All it takes is one negative topic and BOOOOMM a flood of different people from different cultures all positing their perspective on it and it may lead to division and disagreements. You want to discourage that, to keep it so that we only focus on what we have in common but at the same time.. you want to be authentic and not just wash away the harsher aspects of life. Hmmmm....

I suppose what I am trying to say here is... I feel you. You're not alone in this one. I recently posted on someone's thread thinking they were confessing to being a scammer (LOL dammit, I need a vacation) because I wanted to be authentic with my reaction about it but it turns out they were not a native speaker and misspoke. :v

So, for me, it's less about being fake and just wanting to be as polite and assume the best about people.  Hopefully to even inspire the best in ourselves...