· 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?
No, I have never made friendships that exist exclusively in cyberspace, not because I wouldn’t; I just haven’t. I guess when I stop and think about why I haven’t, I would have to say it’s because I never really thought about it. I have so many friends already and not to mention my family and co-workers, but I also think I don’t have much extra time to venture into making friends exclusively in cyberspace, but I am not saying it wouldn’t be fun to meet someone from a different country and culture because it would be a great experience.
However, I do feel that there is a lot of misinformation that could be presented on cyberspace because you can be whoever you want to be, have any occupation, and say you look like what ever you want to. Someone could even post a picture that isn’t of them. I am not saying that there aren’t true honest folks out there; I am saying it’s just a little scary.
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Your concern for your safety and the use of anonymity to create a safe barrier is something that makes the cyberspace relationship a 'sticky one'. The CMC conversations have the platform set and ready for our use. If our intentions are honest and focused then all parties involved should have no problems. As we discussed about Duck's Theory (p.159) the Interaction Cues we can achieve with CMC allow for the relationship to grow and take on an intense feeling. We can easily move to the Cognitive Cues and reinforce the relationship by trading stories and complimenting each other over the similarities that you share. If the parties can choose to break through the anonymity then they can move forward through the attraction filters.
I think it's very interesting that you have never thought about having cyber friends :o) I know that I personally chat with many of my real life friends online all the time. At times I end up wasting a lot of time talking to them about nothing, so I wish I hadn't formed an addiction! I also have many real life friends, so I totally understand why you haven't ventured into looking for a cyber friend. If you find a person with a common interest that you both share and can talk about, then it may be interesting to chat with them once in a while. When cyber friendships turn into relationships or love interests things get a little tricky. That's just my personal opinion. Thanks for the interesting blog!
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