The opportunity to say wonderful things about yourself is an intoxicating one, and Clayton discovered that the crushing anonymity he so detested in his real life became profoundly liberating in his new, virtual one.
In the real world, it is very sad and frustrating to think that nobody knows anything about you and your life. In the world of SuperHeroVerse™, nobody knowing anything is what makes the experience such a liberating one. If no one knows anything about you then you can say anything you want about yourself and no one is any the wiser.