*raises her hand* Another introvert over here!
I find I'm fine with people once I get to know them, but people I've never met before? RUN AWAY!!!!!! Makes it quite tricky to make friends :P Still I'm better than I was 6 years ago - I used to actually shake with terror when I was surrounded by strangers.
I like web forums and irc beuase they give me a chance to practice meeting new people (albeit virtually) and how to begin and continue conversations without feeling like there's some huge great negative consequence about to crush me like a gnat if I get anything wrong.
So, mostly, I'm just trying to say I agree with pi11 and, don't worry, there's lots of us around.
