I have never formed friendships that are exclusively in cyberspace. I think that forming friendships exclusively in cyberspace is too impersonal. If you have a friend that you have never had face to face interaction with you will never know what they are really like. When I have friends I want to be able to see their faces and hear their voices. I like the see the different reactions. When people send you emails or you chat on IM’s you can interpret their messages in so many different ways. That’s why I like to hear peoples voices so I can interpret their messages the way they intend for them to be interpreted. I do have friends that I only talk with on facebook but that is because they either live far away or I don’t talk with them very often. All of the close friends that I have I see a lot. I don’t think that I would for a friendship that is exclusively in cyberspace because I wouldn’t have the opportunity to see them face to face. I would like to see the people that I am interacting with and get to know them through personal contact.
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I agree with you when you say that making a friend through online would never be the same as having a real friend in everyday life. I think we call all relate to how through facebook we have so many friends that we NEVER talk to in the real world but because we have known each other through friends, school etc.. I like your honesty about how you feel about cyberspace friendship. I think they are kind of pointless, and superficial because if you cant hang out with them in person how will you ever really know what their intentions are.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comments. Online relationships which didn't start with a face to face relationship is lacking the connection which is created in personal contact. It is important to me too to have the nonverbal communication as well as verbal communication. There is something about being able to have eye contact and body language to interpret emotions of the other person. Friendships begin from connections that you can feel with another person. Cyberspace friendships don't have that connection. In cyberspace it is very misleading what the other individual's intentions are in creating a relationship with you if you have never met before. I personally don't have any relationships that exist solely online for that reason.
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