Hiding behind the internet
The wonderful internet. A gigantic step in the way we live our lives, full of benefits for businesses, individuals, and hey it enabled people like me to start websites like this!
However I can't help but think the internet is creating this mask for people to hide behind, which can't be a good thing.
Just before I start rambling on, I would like to point out that despite my recent posts, I'm not the most cynical person on the planet, I just don't think anybody would be particularly interested in me talking about what makes the internet amazing.
So, what I'm going to focus on is how peoples behaviour can completely change when online. A nice, friendly person could be an internet 'troll' in their spare time, and for some reason we all just seem to put up with it.
This may just seem like common sense but I think it's an important thing to think about. It's also quite interesting to understand the sense of security one can gain from knowing that they can do whatever they want on the internet, and nobody will know who they are.
When you start to think of it like that, it actually comes across a bit creepy. Imagine if this sense of security was present in real life. It would be like everybody wore a hoody and a mask and could go around doing whatever they wanted with no fear of being caught. I can't be alone in thinking that would be a horrible place to live.
Let me give you a nice example of this, (you should know by now how keen I am on examples).
There is a movie called Catfish. A movie so successful it became a TV show. So what's it about?
It follows a story of internet dating, and people who pretend to be somebody else online. So '19 year old model called Ruby' turns out to be '47 year old builder named Jeff'. As you can imagine it's entertaining TV, but it really does make you think about people online.
I'm not entirely sure what my concluding point will be for this post. I can't possible tell people you to use the internet, I'd be out of a job, but I think that if I've opened your eyes to this 'mask' the internet creates, I've succeeded.
But to assure you I am not just a pessimist, I'm pretty confident the majority of people are who they say they are, like me for example,
A 21 year old glamour model called Precious.
However I can't help but think the internet is creating this mask for people to hide behind, which can't be a good thing.
Just before I start rambling on, I would like to point out that despite my recent posts, I'm not the most cynical person on the planet, I just don't think anybody would be particularly interested in me talking about what makes the internet amazing.
So, what I'm going to focus on is how peoples behaviour can completely change when online. A nice, friendly person could be an internet 'troll' in their spare time, and for some reason we all just seem to put up with it.
This may just seem like common sense but I think it's an important thing to think about. It's also quite interesting to understand the sense of security one can gain from knowing that they can do whatever they want on the internet, and nobody will know who they are.
When you start to think of it like that, it actually comes across a bit creepy. Imagine if this sense of security was present in real life. It would be like everybody wore a hoody and a mask and could go around doing whatever they wanted with no fear of being caught. I can't be alone in thinking that would be a horrible place to live.
Let me give you a nice example of this, (you should know by now how keen I am on examples).
There is a movie called Catfish. A movie so successful it became a TV show. So what's it about?
It follows a story of internet dating, and people who pretend to be somebody else online. So '19 year old model called Ruby' turns out to be '47 year old builder named Jeff'. As you can imagine it's entertaining TV, but it really does make you think about people online.
I'm not entirely sure what my concluding point will be for this post. I can't possible tell people you to use the internet, I'd be out of a job, but I think that if I've opened your eyes to this 'mask' the internet creates, I've succeeded.
But to assure you I am not just a pessimist, I'm pretty confident the majority of people are who they say they are, like me for example,
A 21 year old glamour model called Precious.