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I've been having a bit of think recently. Always a bad sign. So anyway why do people chat on the net? Is it different to how you chat with friends? and can/should it replace "real" social interaction?
I guess one of the best things is anonymity. You can say what you like with little "real" repurcussions. This also has a down side as in there is less consequence of your actions on the net. If someone takes exception to what you are saying then there is no "real" consequence apart from the odd verbally abusive post.
Similarly I was e-mailing someone I met on the net in the States. It was fairly casual but her postings got more and more grim. Marital troubles, feeling fairly low etc and then she stopped posting. I got a bit concerned and more concerned when I realised there wasn't anything I could possibley do about it. Had it been one of my "real" friends I could have rung/gone round whatever to find out how she was doing. But written material is always more black and whtie than face to face contact. At least with face to face contact you know a) a bit of background on the perons b) you can read body language. You can't on the net.
One of the joys is obviously you can be a bit of a social tourist. Chat to people/about things that you wouldn't in real life. But equally it has repurcussions and consequences. I'm talking myself into a corner here so I'll shut up. So any thoughts anyone?
I guess one of the best things is anonymity. You can say what you like with little "real" repurcussions. This also has a down side as in there is less consequence of your actions on the net. If someone takes exception to what you are saying then there is no "real" consequence apart from the odd verbally abusive post.
Similarly I was e-mailing someone I met on the net in the States. It was fairly casual but her postings got more and more grim. Marital troubles, feeling fairly low etc and then she stopped posting. I got a bit concerned and more concerned when I realised there wasn't anything I could possibley do about it. Had it been one of my "real" friends I could have rung/gone round whatever to find out how she was doing. But written material is always more black and whtie than face to face contact. At least with face to face contact you know a) a bit of background on the perons b) you can read body language. You can't on the net.
One of the joys is obviously you can be a bit of a social tourist. Chat to people/about things that you wouldn't in real life. But equally it has repurcussions and consequences. I'm talking myself into a corner here so I'll shut up. So any thoughts anyone?
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Dav1d wrote:
> Yeah but you can take the pi$s out of people without getting hit on here! :-D
what like me and you do all the while? :-)
> Yeah but you can take the pi$s out of people without getting hit on here! :-D
what like me and you do all the while? :-)
Yeah, but you cant say that having friends on the net is a social life can you?
Typing to people is too slow, you cant always crack a quick joke, or quickly respond to someones question.
Real Life cant be compared to Online.......
Or can it?......
Typing to people is too slow, you cant always crack a quick joke, or quickly respond to someones question.
Real Life cant be compared to Online.......
Or can it?......
Yeah but you can take the pi$s out of people without getting hit on here! :-D
Hmmmmmm I knew what all the words meant, whats that mean.
Me?
I prefer speaking with friends in real life becase it just seems easier to have a laugh and you can feed off te surroundings and actually do things wheras on the net you're simply sitting in a chair and thers no real interaction.
Still damn good tough :-)
SL
Me?
I prefer speaking with friends in real life becase it just seems easier to have a laugh and you can feed off te surroundings and actually do things wheras on the net you're simply sitting in a chair and thers no real interaction.
Still damn good tough :-)
SL
*Opens up Dictionary*
hmmmmmm....... Now what letter does the word "Good" begin with?......
hmmmmmm....... Now what letter does the word "Good" begin with?......
I prefer to talk to people over the net because you can tell them something and feel no embarrassment at all. This is because it is less private and sometimes when you can't trust your own friends it's better to talk to a complete stranger.
It is hard to explain but there are some really nice people on these forums and you definetly sound like one Kitty, you just use some words in there that I have to look up, but then I find that a good thing as it improves my English so I'm having a good time and learning at the same time, good fun.
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It is hard to explain but there are some really nice people on these forums and you definetly sound like one Kitty, you just use some words in there that I have to look up, but then I find that a good thing as it improves my English so I'm having a good time and learning at the same time, good fun.
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I've been having a bit of think recently. Always a bad sign. So anyway why do people chat on the net? Is it different to how you chat with friends? and can/should it replace "real" social interaction?
I guess one of the best things is anonymity. You can say what you like with little "real" repurcussions. This also has a down side as in there is less consequence of your actions on the net. If someone takes exception to what you are saying then there is no "real" consequence apart from the odd verbally abusive post.
Similarly I was e-mailing someone I met on the net in the States. It was fairly casual but her postings got more and more grim. Marital troubles, feeling fairly low etc and then she stopped posting. I got a bit concerned and more concerned when I realised there wasn't anything I could possibley do about it. Had it been one of my "real" friends I could have rung/gone round whatever to find out how she was doing. But written material is always more black and whtie than face to face contact. At least with face to face contact you know a) a bit of background on the perons b) you can read body language. You can't on the net.
One of the joys is obviously you can be a bit of a social tourist. Chat to people/about things that you wouldn't in real life. But equally it has repurcussions and consequences. I'm talking myself into a corner here so I'll shut up. So any thoughts anyone?
I guess one of the best things is anonymity. You can say what you like with little "real" repurcussions. This also has a down side as in there is less consequence of your actions on the net. If someone takes exception to what you are saying then there is no "real" consequence apart from the odd verbally abusive post.
Similarly I was e-mailing someone I met on the net in the States. It was fairly casual but her postings got more and more grim. Marital troubles, feeling fairly low etc and then she stopped posting. I got a bit concerned and more concerned when I realised there wasn't anything I could possibley do about it. Had it been one of my "real" friends I could have rung/gone round whatever to find out how she was doing. But written material is always more black and whtie than face to face contact. At least with face to face contact you know a) a bit of background on the perons b) you can read body language. You can't on the net.
One of the joys is obviously you can be a bit of a social tourist. Chat to people/about things that you wouldn't in real life. But equally it has repurcussions and consequences. I'm talking myself into a corner here so I'll shut up. So any thoughts anyone?
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