On the internet nobody can tell what you actually meant.

[andrewducker]

Given the following conversation:

Person A: "OMG THIS EPISODE OF THIS THING I LOVE WAS AWESOME!"
Person B: "Really? I thought it was a bit contrived/boring/silly/not up to usual standards for x/y/z/ reason..."

[Poll #1780923]

Comments

[chuma.livejournal.com]

"Really?" can be used like "Oh?" or like "Are you for real?!?" Depends on context and voical cues.

[stillcarl.livejournal.com]

I would take "Really?" to mean "That differs markedly from my take on the episode." And I see it as a neutral comment, it just emphasizing a fact.

As to: "On the internet nobody can tell what you actually meant." Instead, how about: "On the internet people read more into what is written than is actually there."