When it comes to the internet, I am one of the few who does
not post my life away. The internet to me is actually a scary place to post
whatever you want because ANYTHING you post on the internet/email/text/ can be
found somehow. There is no privacy what-so-ever. I have never met anyone on the
internet and do not currently have any friendships over through the mass media.
The reason I have not met anyone exclusively online is because you really never
know who you are dealing with. I am too scared to give out personal information
online. One of my mom's friend met a man online and they started dating and
everything was all fine and dandy, until they got married that is. Turns out he
just needed a green card. The closest I have ever come to online friendships is
when my boyfriend and I were long distance. He lived in Oklahoma and I lived
here in California. Hardest thing I ever had to go through! Not having face to face contact was harder than i thought it would have been. We need contact to create effective communication between each other, especially when we are in an argument. I wouldn’t recommend
long distance, and definitely NEVER meeting someone online. You have to have a
lot of trust for something like that. There are too many crazy people out
there!
Hoofie,
ReplyDeleteI am the same way. I have no interest in meeting anyone in cyber space. It’s scary for me too because I have no idea who that other person is or what their intentions could be. I’ve had friends who posted totally different pictures of themselves online when chatting with people they don’t know. You are able to hide from who you really are when you’re on the internet. Your story about your mom’s friend is so scary! Even when meeting someone in person that you met online, you never know if they truly have good intentions or not still.
Hey Hoofie! I liked reading your post because it somewhat gave me a reality check. I don’t think I post my life away on the internet but I do post a lot. I agree with everything you say, but I think if you put yourself in the position for people to know everything about you, then you shouldn’t be on the internet. Theres things you share and things you don’t, sometimes people don’t know the line to stop. Meeting people online is not a bad thing. If the relationship is exclusively online and you have no intentions on meeting in person then I really don’t see the problem.
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