More and more people are spending an increasing amount of time connecting with others in on-line environments. Virtual spaces are becoming more and more realistic, and our kids would rather text than call.
Other's have found that the identities they create in cyberspace have proved to have negative consequences on their life.
Are our on-line identities relevant to who we are off-line?
Is on-line even a REAL place?
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Yes, I do believe that being on-line is a new realm of "real". Sometime maybe for an escape? That would depend on the use of the on-line experience.
Most generally I think of the on-line experience as relevant to who I am today. For instants this course is on-line and it is very relevant to my field of study and what I want to accomplish.
With that being said you can also reinvent yourself on-line. Therefore I believe that would depend on the use of and person. Say for example a person is shy they may appear confident on-line. A person maybe a major gamer and like to live in on-line fantasy games.
What I find funny and this may have happened to you, with chatting or text you communicate with friends acquaintances and you have a lot to say but when you see them in person you find that it is sometime awkward and are at a loss for words. For example a friend of mine and I were at a club she said to me "I chat all the time with so and so but we never talk in person." So one must ask yourselves is it real and or relevant?
It depends some people are very honest online and just use the net to commuicate with others.On the other hand there are some people out there that are totally dishonest and use fake facts about themselves for no reason. So are we real on-line? It really depends on the person using the net.
LOL, not sure how my comment got deleted. Apparently I deleted it, but I don't know how! So here is my comment again from earlier!
Maybe for some people being online can be a way to become someone else, someone whom they cannot be in "real-life". In this case they are not being "real" online! Others try to be "real" online to find friendships, relationships, etc. This would be a good example of being "real" online!
To answer the question about how we are online being a reflection of who we are in "real" life, I would have to say that it should reflect who we are in "real" life because why wouldn't you want to be yourself when you're online?
So I guess you could say that yes, there are times when people are "real" online.
I have[osted a lenghty blog about how alone are we.It seems that it never gets on here..Ok proff someone sgoing to have to fix this..LOL
Sorry about that ,I found it...My bad.sorry for al the typos as well.I could not find the place to edit it.
Some people are real and others are not! Like i said in my last blog,there are people out there in the world that take advantage of the internet and lie about their age,etc...others are honest which i think there should be a limit in what you put no matter what it is your doing!
I think most of the time when I am on-line I pretty much know who I am talking to. I know that what they are saying is the real deal. I imagine there are people on there that do make up fake identities. Maybe they live in a fantasy wolrd and are not really social people. Everyone is different i guess and it can become a place to get away from the real world. A place where they can be who ever they want,yeah thats not "real" at all. For people who use the net to talk to there friends and being themselves thats "real". That"s just my opinion and like I said everyone is different.
Everyone uses text, msn, and other forms of chatting for their own reasons. Some people may abuse it, such as bullying, spreading roomers, and so on. Others use it just for fun, like a new way of communicating with a friend. I personally think it is harmless aslong as you dont abuse it.
"Are we "real on-line" Good question. Because most people tend to lie about their identity.
I would say that not everyone gives out real information online for many reasons, and it's not always safe to do so, because there are a lot of predators out there, and maybe some people like to be on the safe side. I would think it depends on the person. Some people can be honest, just don't really know who.
It's up to people if they want to be real, I mean you can be a millionaire on line, you can really say anything, like i said it's up to you.I don't really know because i really don't talk to people I don't know, but i know there's alot of dishonest people out there.
sme people go on line to express themselves to others. They cannot open up in real life. They use the internet to socialize and speak their minds. Some people are using the computer as their best friend. One time a friend of mine,s computer broke down, she was lost and couldn't function until she got her computer back. so I can say that alot of people are REAL.
I think that if people want to hide their identies, they will. You can't really believe that everyone puts all their honest complete information online. Some hide their information due to maybe previous bad encounters, while others might, just because they are leary of putting so much info online due to the abuse that is out there. Maybe there might be some people who put all their correct information online, they might be beginers or not know that people accually don't put all their correct info online.
my opinion I do believe that being online you can express out more of yourself, where you may not feel too comfortable expressing in person, it all depends on subject of the conversation. You can express alot more online of what you are thinking or how you see things. I guess this is where a Social Issue comes in place I guess, because things are made alot easier to type and send through a messenger or email, then doing things in person. It makes things alot easier in dealing with things through the computer or text then facing things heads on, and again, you are more courageous facing a screen then a person. With my experience on this, I see alot of things that are typed on a status, where u know deep down, it will not be said in person.
I do not think that people are the same on-line as they would be in person. The internet can be impersonal sometimes. By texts or through msn chat, you can say things on-line that wouldn’t be said if you were to say it in person. The internet disconnects you with everyone. For those who have kids and you kids would rather text than call home, they are disconnecting themselves from you. Some people see the internet as a real place. You get to connect with people that you are not able to see on a daily basis. It’s a cheaper way to communicate, compared to traveling or calling long distance.
Being real on line, For the most part I believe people are more comfortable chatting on line than face to face. I some times recreate myself, while at the same time still being me, If that makes any sense. I believe we are constantly changing and evolving into who we are. But I do have a hard time believing that who I am talking with is actually whom they say they are. For the youth the game life seems real. My son can play for hours, and tells me all the thing that happen, the people that steal, and if you try to hurt someone you can get locked up for it. I know when he was sitting there waiting to get out for two days it seemed real! People can still fight on line and get up set easily so you think this is how they must be in real life. PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE AND HAVE RELATIONSHIPS ONLINE AND THEY ARE ALSO REAL. I once had this strange dream where my husband was havig an affair online in those games, she was a blond ponly tail wearing cartoon, in the dream he left the room and I picked up the joy stick and picked up a rock and threw it at her head and killed her in the game. I woke up thinking I was in need of a therapist for anger management!!!And an happy t say it was not real.....
I think for allot of people, when there online, it's a different kind of "real", they say things that they would not usaully say in person, I don't mean lying about identities or anything like that, just seem to be more open, for instance theres people I talk to online that when I see them in person, we don't have much to say to each other..lol.., but yes there are people who change allot of things about them selves online, so yeah of course thats not real.
Is being on line real? At times I think it is real, I feel that when i'm chatting with my family that I am real and because I can type my feelings and not worry about being cut off or hurting someone with miss communication that I may be more real than in person. Now having said that I also feel that being on line is a place to be someone i'm not normally. I can be a little more daring, or intellectual or fliry depending on my mood at the time. P.S. I don't spend my time flirting on line, I barely have time to keep up with facebook or to do these blogs, I was just trying to make a point.
On line is not a real place, it is just an intricate wiring system that anyone can get into and this is something we need to teach our children.
To answer the question, “Are our on-line identities relevant to who we are off-line?”
Yes, I most definitely think that a few of us are real on the internet. I met my husband by being myself. Although, I didn’t have much confidence in myself, it truly made it easier for me to be me. I know for sure, that there are people who use the internet as a tool to get away from real life. They change their identity to be someone else. Of course, you are yourself when talking to friends on MSN or other means of chatting. I have experienced a few “fake people” online. They used the internet to fool with people’s heads. Making them believe that they were someone else.
For the most part, we are who we say are. You will experience a few bad seeds online and hopefully you don’t believe everything you read. Not every person is honest.
We're as real as we want to be on and off line! We choose our behaviour and act accordingly given the situation we are in. I think that being online gives a person some level of anonymity and thus can project a certain image
to whoever they are talking to. They might tend to feel more comfortable acting a certain way online, which may not be acceptable, thus they've lost touch with reality.
Stay in touch with reality! Get out and socialize with real people, join a team sport, or challenge yourself to meet new people.
I agree with Sheenalynn that not everyone gives out real information online because of the evils lurking out there.
But to outright lie about who you are to someone else if an entirely different thing.
If you can't be the same you online as you are off line then you need to find out who YOU really is.
More and more people are spending an increasing amount of time connecting with others in on-line environments. Virtual spaces are becoming more and more realistic, and our kids would rather text than call.Other's have found that the identities they create in cyberspace have proved to have negative consequences on their life.
Are our on-line identities relevant to who we are off-line?
Is on-line even a REAL place?
That is a good question, Because it may tuen out to be someone alter egos or someone who is ture. How would we ever know. Also its a place for escape. Be who ever we want to. People who are not who they want to be and this gives them a chance to vent. This also can be dangerous. Some people may think this is place you can do anything with out consequences.
How many times have you got so upset over anything or with someone and sent them a nasty e mail. This happens why too much. Cause its so easy to send a e mail or talk on line then it is to actually talk to the person face to face. On line is used like alcohol, Makes it easier to socialize. Its easier to meet on line. Chat, share a photo and then take it from there. Can this be trusted, cause you know the photo you get is always the one where the other person was younger and better shape then they are now. LOL
Or you get a photo of a model and end up meeting the a model train.
i think for some people its easier to become someone else, change your identity and for some I think are pretty honest people, sometimes its eaier to chat on the net and express your feelings privately then in a face to face situation...
No, our on-line identities are a fictional creation of who we would like to be. This is for some not all people. Those who are comfortable with who they are in real life; tend to moderately remain the same. Others, however, who have a negative life, may “live on-line” as how they wish to be. A negative consequence could be the idea, you are a “super hero” on the internet but as soon as you ‘shut down’ you know longer have those powers. For example, Mike was a great hacker but in real life was a tall, skinny student who got beat up and bullied at school. Go figure?
I feel that on-line is a fictional reality for those who desire such a place. As for it being REAL, personally, I would say no. This question is debatable because I feel it’s not a real place; but on the other hand, there are some people out there who live to be on-line.
I think yes, many people have had negative consequences through cyberspace by uplaoding their personal photos and personal information. There are people out there to do anything with the pictures and falsifying what the original picture was like, before in got in the hands of a hacker or whoever does these kinds of things.
Yes, more kids would rather text than call because they think it's fun for them but, don't realize the high cost of high technology.
No, I don't think our on-line identities are relevant to say who we actually are because some people
tend to exxagerate on who they really are or some don't bother to say anything about themselves because of being "alert" of what they should describe themselves as.
Personally, I think, online is a real place to search information but it all depends where the documents, info comes from. As for people being real on the internet, highly answer would be the least of people are being untrue to what they say or do online. So, it's always back to the owner to how he/she portrays himself or herself and honest they are with online world.
I think our offline selves are an extension of who we are, or more importantly, who we want to be. We all have fantacies, and the web is an oppertunity for those fantacies to become a little closer to being real. Now, I think the problem may lie in some people having trouble distingushing to difference between real life and a fantacy driven world. Most can slip in and out of character easily, without blurring the lines, but for others its not soo easy. Some folks dont want to live in their own skin, and see the web as a safe haven for expressing themseves more freeley. I think its especially true of youth today, kids are are cruel, and as a youth who stands out, just a bit, life can be tough and undesireable. Too many youth are outcastsed through cliques and social groups that sometimes it is hard for them to see life beyond the walls of the school. You see severve drepression, and in extreme cases, suicide. I commence the web for showing these kids just how much more to life there really is because it can be to see past your own front door sometimes. But it is a hazed line between deciet and pretend, as long as the exagerated version of you isnt created simply for the purposes of pure lies, then I don't see any problem with it, and in alot youth cases I think it can be utilized for the greater good.
yes i do believe that we are real online. we may have a different personalities while being on line, just as you put on different faces when you go to school, work , and when your with your friends. there are so many different communities on the world wide web, and sometimes you may have to act in different ways to communicate with other people who may also have different personalities while they are on line as well. so ya we are as real as we say we are when we access these different communities.
Are we “real” online?
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I don’t know why but there are certain occasions and this is one of them, where some words will just pop right out at you. Yup. . . that word “real”. There have been many occasions where I have had to stop and think about what a certain world is all about. In a world of different vocabularies, “invented” lingo and interpretation it sometimes becomes necessary. “Real” is one of those words, and for some reason I am reminded of the story of the velveteen rabbit, who too asked, “what is real?” Most often I have a general idea about what I think the word means. Then what I usually have to do is go to my dictionary and see what it says. Here is what it says about “real”.
Real ● Adjective. 1 actually existing or occurring. 2 not artificial; genuine: the earring was real gold. 3 worthy of the description; proper: he’s my only real friend. 4 adjusted for changes in the power of money to buy things: real incomes had fallen by 30%.
5 Math (of a number or quantity) having no imaginary part. ● adverb – informal, especially in North America
Really; very
- DERIVATIVES realness – noun
- ORIGIN Latin realis.
So, do we actually exist in cyberspace or are we occurring? Are we artificial or genuine?
From here I sometimes have to check out other words.
Occur ● verb (occurs, occurring, occurred) 1 happen. 2 be found or present: radon occurs in rocks such as granite. 3 (occur to) come into the mind of.
- ORIGIN Latin occurrere ‘go to meet’.
Interesting ….hmmm. In cyberspace we can be found or present. We can literally come into the minds of others. It is a place to meet. We have to be occurring, you think? Cyber travelling in many ways has taken on some of characteristics of dreaming; only people are awake and conscious. People go places, do things and see different people, friends, family, and acquaintances. Sometimes though, people don’t know where they are, what they are doing, and don’t know who some people are or why they are there. Some people only dream of becoming millionaires, but for others like the Bill Gates of the world, the technology has made the dream real.
There are many parallels to this question. I can think of a couple.
How do we know what is true and not true? Again, I think that this biggie is open to one’s interpretation. Some people believe that their lies are the truth, or so they would have us believe. Fiction - didn’t really happen, and the real biggie, what do people believe to be true. It’s interesting for a number of reasons. Cyberspace is a mecca of different truths.
We know that the Internet is a tool. If enough people were convinced that something was true, when really it’s not, how will people know the difference. Can truth be created, changed, or be made irrelevant?
I think this is something that should always be in our minds. And in the minds of our children. As a First Nation original, I know I exist, but there are times when I have been made to feel like I don’t. As FN's how "real" are we to other people. If you search online, watch the news, or just think about it, FN’s across turtleisland have legitimate concerns in terms of what is “real” about our identity online, in other forms of media, in our everyday lives, in our communities, in the real world. I could go there too…. but I won’t. My thoughts for the day.
I'd say yes on-line is a real place, it's what we make of it but at the same time I'd answer the question with "no".
I understand there are plenty of chat rooms people go to and in those 'rooms' you can recreate yourself to be whoever you want. I guess it could go both ways, benefit you or destroy you depending what way you're using it.
When chatting on-line words are cut down and coversations are more breif. It can be more convenient and faster.
Our on-line identities are relevent to who we are off-line, most people use the internet as a tool to work or for school and in that case there is no sense in pretending to be who you're not.
Thinking of it now I could see how people would get confused and caught up in their lies if they were to constantly project themselves as fake identities.
Here is an interesting editorial from today's The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton. It is about the business of Native Education.
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.
com/opinion/article/209460
This is un-real! ... totally a sad state of affairs. Maybe some "real" FN education and business administration is needed in the system.
Are our on-line identities relevant to who we are off-line?
I believe our identities are reflected no matter where we are, although some means of expression bring about varying levels of our identities. If someone is a little shy in person, he/she may not be as shy on the telephone or in an on-line classroom. If someone has trouble expressing oneself verbally, he/she may use the keyboard as an opportunity to better express his/her thoughts.
Is on-line even a REAL place?
I have been debating with myself about this question, trying to come up with something that made sense. Then I had a light bulb moment. I decided to look up “on-line” using an on-line dictionary. According to the dictionary “on-line” is an adjective. It describes places such as chat rooms, bookstores, classrooms, etc. So, since it is an adjective, it cannot be a place.
Ok, I know … I took the easy way out, but I don’t have to debate with myself anymore.
I do believe that some are not who they really are when there are on line. I think that alot of people become more confident behind a computer and some times the wrong message can be interpreted from one person to another!! Everyone has there own personal feeling about being on line and protecting themselves from hackers and maybe even strangers and just here but all over the world!!!
I believe that people are as real as they want to be online! We are able to use the internet to focus on the important things in our life! Some do misuse the system.. but others really use it for good.
If you only want to share so much information about yourself, its your choice! ITs not really being unreal.. its being private.
For some people being on-line is the reality they want to be in. When they are on-line the world is at their fingertips and at their control, they can be who they want to be.If they are moderators in a chat room, they are the president for life , in that room they decide who can stay and who leaves, they can lead the conversation to where they want to go.
On-line is their social community, the place where they meet their cyber friends with their cyber handles. On-line is a place that cannot be touched but is a place where people can escaped to.
Yes, we are real when we are on-line, real comfortable. There is a certain anonymity when people are online, therefore people can be more outgoing and comfortable, depending on their true personality. It starts with the person's online name, their handle, the person can be relaxed when communicating with other people, because they have nothing to lose, they can be a "Telephone tough guy," if things don't go the way they want, all someone has to do is change their online handle
This is one complicating question. I really wouldn't know where to start.
Myself, in real life I don't like talking to anyone unless they talk to me first, but online, I really don't mind talking to people first.
I feel as thought I can express myself better online, then I could ever express or explain myself to anyone face to face.
I know others are differnt, they say that it is not the same, that online is just that "online". For me, I feel as though I'm more real online. It is easier for a shy person to express themselves.
For myself, my emotions are more realy "online" then face to face. That sounds weird, but that's just me.
I think to some degree most are real. I hear of those claiming to be able to be more honest and open on-line. Could it just be an alter ego or a precieved reality. I wonder if the net has brodened the jo-hary window. I'm willing to bet its also easy to hide behind the key pad and monitor. In any case only the person behind it really knows what real and what isn't.
I think it all depends on who you are. Some people are real no matter what type of environment they are in. On the other hand there are some people who tend to put on a different personality when it comes to being online. A double life or just an escape from reality I guess.
To me online is a real place. This is a place where I keep in contact with friends and family that I see either everyday or that I don’t get to see very often. It is a simple and easy way to keep in contact with people. I am the same person in person as well as online.
We as people can be real or fake online depending on our fears or our impressions of our own identities. So in my opinion we can be whatever we want to be, depending on how safe we would like or try to be online.
I believe it depends on the person! I can only speak for myself! I am the real deal on or off line. I don't feel the need to be someone else, however, there are individuals who choose to use the on-line process as a way of escaping reality and can fall into a somewhat fantasy they would like to play out. I believe some use it as a way of communicating because they find it difficult to socialize in public. Others use it as a way of seeking out friends, lovers, family, etc. Unfortunately some use it as a weapon to prey on young, vulnerable children. I think this people are sick and should be sought out and punished by law with the greatest punishment.
I think that On line may feel real to some people out there but i think interacting with someone personally is more real then anything! I agree with ramona when shes says people may use online as an escape and yes studying for my BED online is easyer for me. If were talking about chatting I dont belive People will only tell you what they want to tell you! not whats real!
I think that some people that you may talk to online are "real". This is a time that they can be real and that on-line. Using the internet as a shield that may protect them in some ways. I know of a person that does just this. I chat with her now and then. I believe how she feels is real just the way she interpets herself. But when I see her in public she's someone else very shy and can't get anything from her just a "Hello" and a how are you doing? small talk. But I always get a smile. It's wierd but who are we to say what's REAL.
I think that when people are online chatting with whoever they are talking are "real". I think it's the only place that they can be. I know of a person that is this way, but when I see her somewhere she's totally different. There's a night and day personality about her. I find it really stranger that she can be this way but hey who are we to judge what's the "real" deal.
Yes our on-line identities are relevant to who we are off-line for me anyway, The only difference between me being online and offline is my name, offline it`s Tyler, offline its TGIDDY the greastest poker player in the world. The only people I talk to are my closest friends. ad its mostly about basketball. But some people need to escape from reality and this is the perfect place for it. You can be anybody you want and thats the scary thing, thats where predators come into play. Its gives people the chance to play the role of who they want to be, good or bad. Being online is very real, most people are online most of the time if you need to find somebody, online is the first place to look.
We are who we want ourselves to be,both online and off. It depends on the individual. Each of us is so multi-faceted and unique.Some may use an online persona as a means of escape for the same reasons that other activities such as over indulgeance, (shopoholicism, this is mine)alcoholism,gambling addiction,or any activity that is interfering in the quality of life to an individual.This persona can be to create the person that one wishes he/she were to avoid dealing with feelings.Mostly to escape pain stemming from any kind of loss, or trauma. However, others can use an online experience for healthy reasons and in moderation just the same as some people can drink socially while others can not.We are real when we know who we are, respect ourselves and eveyone around us-whether it be on line or off. We are not real when we put up a false image to hide insecurities and target others weakness-at that point it becomes a sickness.
I beleive that in cyberspace we can be whoever we want to be and no one will know the difference. We can be male or female, young or old, rich or poor, anything we want. It is an escape from what is going on in real life, people can hide from the problems that are happening and just make their own world the way they want. I don't beleive that anyone will go online and tell the truth about their lives. The people who meet and make relationships that work out, of what they reveal to each other online I give them two thumbs up. But more relationships will not work out because somewhere along the line someone lied about something. Even shopping now, everyone shops online who has never heard about "ebay" or any other online store now in some places you don't even have to leave your house to go and buy groceries. And how secure are these places people are getting their identities stolen everyday all they need is your cresit card number and they have your life.
When talking to stranger in cyber space you can be anybody you want to be. It might even be safer. If I was into chatting maybe I’d do the same. I have friends that chat and are not who they say they are. One friend even posted a picture of herself that wasn’t even hers…it was her sister! I don’t think I’d go that far. I wonder if her sister ever found out? Let’s say that some day she meets this person…she’s gonna have a lot of explaining to do, cause she doesn’t look anything like her sister!
Yes, I think online is real thats if we know who we really are chatting or texting with. Kids also enjoy the online experience playing games and chatting with their friends. Also you could keep in touch with family from overseas which we enjoy very much. Instead of mailing pictures, families can receive them by a touch of a button :)
We love it :D
I know someone who was chatting on msn under someone else’s name. Apparently, he forgot to log off and so this person spent a good time chatting on line with his friends pretending to be him. How real is that?
I think that people on-line can be real or fake, depending on the person. Some people use on line chatting like msn or facebook to connect with others they may not see very often or not as often as they would like to.These people are real because they know who they are and who they are talking to, so it would be very easy for for others to know if you are truely being yourself or not. I think the people who are being fake are those who are not honest to others about who they truely are(like in a chat room talking to strangers)or want to be someone else they are not, like a really shy person trying to put on the out going act, or an older man trying to pretend his young, and people really wouldn't know, unless they know the true you. So it all depends on the individual, if they chose to be real or fake.
I believe that most people are honest about who they are and just like to chat with their friends, but on the other hand sitting alone infront of a computer does make it easy for anyone to be anyone they want to be.
Is on-line even a REAL place? I am rather conflicted about this question. My first answer would be no, online is not a real place, it is a virtual reality. In this reality identities can be relevant to who we are offline as long as the person is telling the truth. People can lie about anything online and who are we to know what the truth is? My own personal online identity is one that is true and has created negative consequences at times for me. So I guess it all depends on the person creating the identity.
I feel that no matter where you are , you are always in a society of people with real values an dpersonalities. On-line or off-line people are people living and learning in a growing society that needs and wants the true information about any individual,so be thruthful because you would want them to be truthful with you.
Is Online more real than offline - I think this reminds me of the movie “Vanilla Sky” with Tom Cruise – where his was in dream state – and you never new if it was a programmed dream or reality! BTW I hated the way the movie ended – because you never knew the REAL ending.
"Grandfather Tells" which is also known as "The Wolves Within"
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy.
"It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego." He continued, "The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too."
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"
The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."
Q. Which one do you feed! Are you “real” on-line!
I think that there are both sides to this being real on line because yes you can be real on line with your friends and family talk about your own personal life share pictures, send greeting cards and even do more ... but when it comes to someone that you just met on line well I think you would just limit to what you say because there are so many things can happen because they are some predators that just watch your move.... pretty scary to even think about ...
I believe that people acting differently on-line, then they would in real life are really people who are unsure of them selves. They dont really know or trust their real personality's so they create identities on-line. But I do believe that if you know yourself well enough in your day to day life that all this social networking would not have any effect on your personality. As for the question is on-line a real place? I think that now I would have to lean towards yes because the more is use my computer for this course(and to plan my wedding), I see that there is sooo sooo much out there and its all at the tips of your fingers. But thinking that you have a personalilty on-line is kinda far fetched and I know that I'm still they same person when I get on my computer.
I believe the internet allows us to be real for those of us who are real this is where you can be who you really are, you can find common likes with others and share dislikes with your everyday people.
I try to stay real when on line I do like to pretend to be someone else because it's harder to remember a lie, lately I have a hard time to remember my true things..lol
I just have fun with the internet, not there to hurt no one or be anyone i am not. I just like to socilaize.
Welalin
I think one of the realy scary things about the internet is that we are very muh real and so are the online predators. I think that why we need to be watching our kids on here. Chatlines should be continued as blocked in schools and we should do the same at home. We all so have to look at what it is we are trying to use the net for? to live in a fantasy world on the chatlines? to escape reality? For me, you are who you are and you need to realize that you are not alone on the net and that keeping personal info like your adress, phone numbers, private is important cause others can access that information! by accessing that info can lead to be a very real situation by facing dangerous people and those out there to hurt you.
yes we are real or most of us. I think that we cannot change who we are but i believe some want to be a different person when they are on line so they make-up a different identy. Make-believe world, where they can be whoever they want to be and that they can be real on-line to others.
I guess it depends on what "real" means, some people can lie about who they are on-line, and create a person who is not real, some might just go on-line to chat with old friends and stay true to who they are, take up studies on-line etc... which makes them real
Im pretty sure everyone is real online. Even thought you don't see them they're always there.I have a sister who lives in NH and if I can talk to her online it is cheaper than talking on the phone.
I would say the reality of cybering is in the eye of the beholder. I on the other hand am not as exciting to learn about as I am in person. I am a mother of two, too busy working, too busy studying, too busy in family life and no time fulfilling my wishes or dreams.
I am just living at the moment. but when I read my friends MSN messages or FACEBOOK profile I think...wow. Gee I wish I had extra time to do those things too, to travel. Escape on a girls night out in some far away place for the week. Its just doesn't apply to my reality.
Maybe some people are more in touch with experiencing life to the fullest or maybe its just a nice break away from reality. Whichever it is for these people, I am just ME.
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