I have never made friendships that exist exclusively in cyberspace. I mainly use cyberspace, such as social networking sites and email, to stay in contact with people that I already know. For example, I do not accept people that I do not know as friends on Facebook. There are a lot of horror stories about stalkers and people who are not who they say they are online, which leads me to be distrusting of people in cyberspace. If you meet someone online, you might not ever truly know who he or she are unless a mutual friend can vouch for their credibility. It is such a dangerous world online so I always have my guard up and do not form new friendships through cyberspace. Although, I can say that I have maintained many of my friendships through cyberspace, and it is the most convenient and easy way to do so. I think that cyberspace is a great place to maintain friendships, but not smart to form them.
I like you have never made friends exclusively in cyberspace. I found it odd that I had not thought of email as a source of “cyberspace” to keep in contact with people. I use email every day, and all day at work. It is very rare that someone calls to discuss a small request, or communicate their problem. It is easier to go back and forth through email at work because it shows a paper trail for things that later need to be researched (this is very helpful). I agree with not accepting people on my Facebook account I do not know. It is hard for me to share intimate things with my acquaintances, but to show pictures and things my close friends and family share are crazy to me.
ReplyDeleteHi Kylie Jones’
ReplyDeleteI am the same way as you in terms of never making any friendships that exist exclusively in cyberspace. I find cyberspace to have many fake people in it, since you can be whoever you want to be and no one will ever know the difference. I as well use cyberspace for emails, and social networking with people that I already know so that I can stay in contact with them. I like how you mentioned that you may not ever know someone truly unless a mutual friend can vouch for their credibility. That is an important thing in cyberspace, since I mentioned before that a person can be whoever they want to be. Cyberspace can be a dangerous place and I agree with you as well as do the same thing in terms of just maintaining friendships but not starting new one. Great post and I completely agree with you on everything you said.