The birth of the Internet caused many things. Among these, the formation of the idea of anonymity was quite prevalent. Today, people say whatever they want to whoever they choose. I have noticed that some people are quite forward when it comes to forming friendships and relationships over the Internet. This all goes back to the idea of instant gratification.
Before the Internet, forming a romantic relationship with a person was quite difficult for the guy. First, he had to personally know the girl. Next, he had to muster up the courage to ask the girl on a date. Finally, he had to actually carry through with the process and ask her. Today, a lot of guys will hide behind the wall of anonymity when it comes to dating. They may only have the bravery to talk to the girl on Facebook and hardly talk to her in person.
Nowadays, you might talk to a guy once, and then become friends on Facebook. I have received a few startlingly forward messages from guys I have maybe talked to maybe once or twice. The scary part of this phenomenon is that the messages aren’t warranted. Before the Internet, in order to appropriately contact someone, you needed to know them pretty well first. Now, one can go on their Facebook account and talk to any person that interests them…instantly. The same story goes for text messages. Without any personal contact, people feel that it is okay to be so forward.
Why did the wall of anonymity cause this phenomenon to occur? Our morals haven’t changed. Why have we changed the way we act?
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4 comments:
It's weird when you think about how this is how a lot of people start to get to know each other rather than in person because we have the internet as the barrier. We allowed the internet to change how we interacted with people. The result is that this is now part of the process of interacting with people we barely know until we get to know them better.
I can see both potential benefits and disadvantages to this situation. As you said, digital interactions may afford a degree of protection and, thus, cause people to be more forward in their online behavior. However, might these interactions also help those who are a shy or socially awkward to take the first step in getting to know someone?
This has been one of the main points I have been bringing up in my past blogs. People have a difference persona when in comes to many websites online, such as Facebook and Twitter. This persona usually has many qualities that the actual person will not possess in real time. The internet has provided a passage way for individuals to not be themselves all of the time. It's only when you actually met the individual in person that you may realize how socially awkward or true they are.
This topic is very interesting because with the rise of technology, online dating was bound to happen. I think that anonymity on the Internet can be a very dangerous thing and people should be wary of it.
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