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Online Chess rating inflation?

Can someone tell me in general how inflated online ratings are compared to otb fide rating? I want to start playing in tournaments soon and I don't know what to expect my actual rating to be.
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I was told ratings here are roughly 300 inflated than Chess.com. On Chess.com a titled player had done research into various Chess.com ratings and plot peoples FIDE/USCF ratings along side those. Of course it's not super accurate but I believe mine was something to the effect of 1750-1800 USCF and my rating there was just over 1700 (haven't played there in over a year). My actual USCF rating is 1610, but I'm relatively inactive in OTB. We have similar classical ratings on here, just over 2000, so chances are in USCF rating you'd be similar to me. But OTB is unlike online- lingerctime control, different environment, and some will react negatively, others positively. I'd say you'd probably be somewhere in the 1600-1800 USCF rating range based on my information and our rating similarities on Lichess. However your actual mileage may vary.
I believe that the bullet is similar to chess.com, blitz is 50-100 points overrated, and classical 150-250 points overrated.
Wouldn't the ratings vary based on what time of day the player is on the site?
The Bullet arena here in Lichess is very very competitive. It is hard to compare it to the bullet in chess.com. But I can say that the Bullet here is slightly tougher than that at chess.com. The Blitz here feels a bit easier than at chess.com. And I haven't played any Classical games here.

Coming to the actual point, I think that there is an inflation of 100-150 points between the Lichess ratings and the actual FIDE ratings. Screw the USCF ratings or any other National ratings. Consider only FIDE ratings. I think ur real rating may be = (Whatever rating u have of the format u play here the most)-150
No it means lichess rating corresponds to a lower FIDE rating.
actually my bullet rating is +300 here compared to chess . com I believe all bullet blitz and classical are higher here since you start with higher rating

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