I haven’t thought about my one and only cyber friend for a long time. When I first got AOL in the 6th grade, I made a friend that lived in England. We became "pen pals" aka email buddies for a few months and I remember thinking it was the coolest thing because she lived so far away and we were the same age but taught each other so much just because we lived in such different cultures. The friendship was VERY different from face to face friendship because in emails and chatting online you don’t get the same feel of their tone as you would if the conversation was happening in front of you. I often thought if our friendship even continued and if we actually met, if we would really be friends and like each other. This was my first and only online friend, I kind of think online relationships can be creepy and weird. I don’t think I could ever try to meet a friend or boyfriend online because for myself, I like to meet people in real life situations.
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Hey there! I hope that you are doing well on this 7th week of class. This summer session will be over before we know it. I liked your story about your pen pal from England. I think it is awesome that you got to become friends with someone from a different country and you got to learn about her culture. I do agree with you that having friends in cyberspace is very different from having face to face friendships. When you talk to someone through emails or chatting you don't get the same feel you get when you are talking to someone face to face. You don't get to see their reactions or their facial expressions and you don't hear the tone of their voices.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing that you were able to even start a friendship from so far away. I would guess that it seemed more acceptable to make friends via the internet when you were in 6th grade because we now here all kinds if creepy stories about people praying on the young in chat rooms and such. I can also relate to the uneasy task of trying to communicate without the ability to here tones and inflections let alone see the facial expressions of others. This is exactly why I still prefer to meet face to face if possible in my job even though it seems that email and instant messaging have been essential tools.
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