i enjoy cyberspace interactions but ain't nothing like the real thing.i have found it awkward to acquire "new friends" online. in the absence of f2f interaction it is virtually impossible to determine if people are being genuine about who they are. one of the good things about f2f interactions is that it gives one the tools to evaluate the whole person and not just words on a screen. body language and eye contact provide important contexts for understanding how someone feels and there's no way to replace that. and in light of the many murders that have occurred as a result of meeting on craigslist, i think my caution is warranted.
i also don't belief online "relationships" are real. as an adult, i think they fall more in the realm of make believe. people create an online persona in order to portray themselves in a given way. when i meet people online i keep in mind that whatever biographical information they give is most likely based in fantasy not reality. i think that there are people who get so caught up in their online community they lose the ability to connect with people in the real world.
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I think a lot of people feel like you do about how online relationships just aren’t real. I have come to realize over the last couple years that there are two types of people in the world – people that love Myspace and people that hate it. As a person who does not like it, I have had many conversations with people who love it and their defense is always that it is a good way to keep in touch and connect with people. I agree with NYP in that these are merely illusions of friendships since there is no actual face to face contact.
ReplyDeleteI must say I second everything you said in your post, those online relationships are just not "real" or genuine. I believe that without f2f you cannot have a real relationship, without that f2f it's all based on words, nothing on reactions or interactions that occur during f2f relationships. Those online cyberspace relationships can happen, they are what they are online but in reality it's just somewhere/someone to get away from reality and believe what is said in their profiles or what they have you believe about themselves.
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