Everyone has a way to represent themselves. They also act differently in front of one another and different occasions. People always want to show their best traits to the people they love. For example, when a person goes on a date, he/she would want to dress in their nicest shirt to impress their boyfriend/girlfriend. Online relationships may have a greater chance of deception because the information you know and see depends on what the person wants others to know. Often the information may not be true. On the other hand, face-to-face relationship has a less chance of deception because you can actually interact with the person. Face-to-face interactions help people to know more about each other. I think online relationships cannot last very long because you have never met the person that you “dating” with. You may not even know about the real side or characteristics about the person. In comparison with online relationship, face-to-face relationship feels more secure than online relationship.
Nice post Denise!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that face-to-face relationships are better than online. When a relationship forms online it is easy for a person to create a character they want the other person to think they are like. It is hard to for a long lasting relationship online but I know of people that have formed long lasting relationships with people online so I guess not everyone out there is deceptive. I do think that the only way to really get to know a person is face-to-face, but some of these online relationships that have lasted would disagree with me because they think it is easier to be honest and share true feelings online that in person and that is why they say their relationship has worked. I think though that there are characteristics you have to learn about a person that you can only see face-to-face. I agree about what you said about face-to-face relationships feeling more secure.
I agree with you. It is our natural instinct to groom ourselves, and take a few extra steps to make ourselves look our best when entering a new relationship. The anonymity of online communication makes it a lot easier for that to cross the line and turn into flat out deception. Deception happens in face-to-face relationships, but I feel it happens a lot less because it is harder to lie to a person’s face. While some people believe online relationships have their advantages, I believe the risks outweigh the benefits and that face-to-face relationships are more secure and rewarding. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGood job! As you said people always want to show off their best traits. I make a note to this because your right. In online communication individuals also want to portray those better traits, even if those traits are ones they don't have and it is the only place they can get away with having perfect traits without others knowing the truth. People constantly lie online all the time, and those traits they wish to have the most they can project unto others that they do have them. Which is why I consider online communication to be much more dangerous and people should always be cautious in starting relationships online.
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