1). Have you made friendships that exist exclusively in cyberspace? If so, how are they different from f2f relationships? If you have not formed cyber relationships, why not?
I have formed cyber relationships before, but have not retained them exclusively to cyberspace. This I have done for two reasons. First, online interactions do not lead to meaningful friendships in and of themselves. Secondly, because I am a person by nature I wish to avoid potentially deceptive or false relationships from coming to fruition.
I applaud technology for making it easier for friends to meet and to stay in contact with one another. While I agree that this technology is handy for people to meet, I do not think it is a healthy medium to interact in exclusively.
My point being that there is so many subjective and ambiguous features to this interaction that a real meaningful and grounded relationship could not possibly come from it.
Texts or emails are void of one very important characteristic- nonverbal behavior. In my opinion only pseudo-relationships can be formed from solely online interaction, not full, healthy ones.
Secondly, I am cautious of this medium because it is too easy for one to deceive the other. Face-to-face relationships are already ripe with obstacles leading to potential pitfalls. Cyberspace increases the “pitfall” percentage dramatically.
These are some of the reasons why I use cyberspace as a means, not an end, to relationships.
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