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Wednesday 4 February 2004
who do you trust?
It occurred to me today that I would trust a person I’d never met yet had a tried-and-true online relationship with more than I trust those people in most of the face-to-face relationships I’ve ever had.
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Posted by: site admin | 06:39 | Comments (5)
Et Tu WaSP’er. dang, now i really feel alienated by the internet. How wierd, does that mean that in real life i dont meet “standards”/ hee hee only kiddding, but the idea is kinda scarey. ;P
Could it be perhaps because those who are online are less threatening or have less of a chance of being hurtful than the ones we see face-to-face?
I think that regular correspondence (online or otherwise) breeds honest communication and personal accountablity in a way that live interaction fails to.
Or something like that. I had further thoughts on the subject, but they sort of evolved into verboseness and ended up as a post on my blog.
Online communication often involves playing a role in which one becomes involved with others emotionally and that can last over many experiences. F2f conversations are often quick browsing episodes and are frequently short time-based bursts where context is specific. Online communications can adapt effortlessly (or not so effortlessly) to our preferences, abilities and needs over time so we are often in a flowing state as we interact online.
It allows some of us to be more reflective and engaging. You are a digital goddess and are one of the few who has grown up immersed in the online medium. You really understand how to use the medium for fun and work (the same thing for many of us). Judging by: what technology is available today; the architecture and cross platform tools available; component driven services, standards efforts embraced; collaboration tools extended; and communities being formed, the ability to nurture and from virtual buddies and trusting relationships has never been greater. It is however, still more about relationships and less about technology – sound familiar?