Don't know if you're still reading these, but in case you are....
Joane said pretty much the same thing as I was going to. Online is just a fantasy. You don't know who they really are. Photographs are just photographs. Even if they think they're being open and honest, you aren't getting to REALLY know them. I DO speak from some experience, so this isn't just an idealist vision or anything.
The pros: You can "fall in love" with a fantasy person who speaks in beautiful 8 point font. You can fantasize with assistance. But you know... I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to simply compose some kind of randomized artificial intelligence to do the same thing for you.
The cons: You delude yourself. You can't go out with this person. You can't BE there for or with this person. A whole catalog of cons too numerous to put here.
Oh, I'm just rambling here now. All I can say is online relations are fun to fantasize and play. But anything too serious (and I mean, obviously, long-distance, virtual only relations) is just unhealthy.
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Date: 2003-04-10 10:54 am (UTC)Joane said pretty much the same thing as I was going to. Online is just a fantasy. You don't know who they really are. Photographs are just photographs. Even if they think they're being open and honest, you aren't getting to REALLY know them. I DO speak from some experience, so this isn't just an idealist vision or anything.
The pros: You can "fall in love" with a fantasy person who speaks in beautiful 8 point font. You can fantasize with assistance. But you know... I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to simply compose some kind of randomized artificial intelligence to do the same thing for you.
The cons: You delude yourself. You can't go out with this person. You can't BE there for or with this person. A whole catalog of cons too numerous to put here.
Oh, I'm just rambling here now. All I can say is online relations are fun to fantasize and play. But anything too serious (and I mean, obviously, long-distance, virtual only relations) is just unhealthy.