1). Have you made friendships that exist exclusively in cyberspace? If so, how are they different from f2f relationships? If you have not formed cyber relationships, why not?
I have not made any friends in cyberspace, because I always felt that face to face friendships are more valuable and one's time should be invested in f2f relationships only.
Cyberspace relationships do have a chance to be genuine and real, but most of the times people are often playing a character on the web in order to make themselves more desirable.
Having a cyberspace relationship allows the person to avoid a lot of akward and or emotional situations that come with being in a f2f relationship. They can choose when and how they will respond to a message and don't have to be put on a spot or think fast. You can also save a relationship via text messaging. The problem is that with cyberspace relationships, people don't get to interact the way we were born to do. There are no facial expresions, no body language to convey how one feels about the other person and that is an important part of human interaction.
It is scary to think what kind of contact we will have between each other in the years to come, because of the technological advances that are coming.
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Hi Siral,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you in that people who are involved in cyberspace relationship tend to play a character that differs than who they are in person. The virtual world allows people to take on a persona that they can get away with.
I also agree with you in that cyberspace relationships allow people to avoid the awkward, silent, and emotional moments. Through cyberspace, they can say certain things and not deal with the major reprecautions or the consequences. Also through cyberspace, people can have more confidence in themselves through their words rather than physical appearances. But now adays people who have webcam can premier themselves through webchat. But maybe one day, we can actually see them in 3D! Who knows that technology will bring.
Good post!
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