Comments on: Our Online Identities http://www.blonde2dot0.com/blog/2007/03/29/our-online-identities/ Web 2.0. It's all about what YOU want! Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Blonde 2.0 http://www.blonde2dot0.com/blog/2007/03/29/our-online-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Blonde 2.0 Thu, 31 May 2007 16:21:27 +0000 http://www.blonde2dot0.com/blog/2007/03/29/our-online-identities/#comment-288 Dio:<br/>You are right. Dating sites especially are suffering from the issue of fake online identities.<br/>However, I believe that most people on the social networks are relatively honest about who they are. Dio:
You are right. Dating sites especially are suffering from the issue of fake online identities.
However, I believe that most people on the social networks are relatively honest about who they are.

]]> By: diogenes http://www.blonde2dot0.com/blog/2007/03/29/our-online-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-287 diogenes Thu, 31 May 2007 10:56:57 +0000 http://www.blonde2dot0.com/blog/2007/03/29/our-online-identities/#comment-287 Interesting post: <br/><br/>http://quasifictionalviews.blogspot.com/2007/01/online-identity.html Interesting post:

http://quasifictionalviews.blogspot.com/2007/01/online-identity.html

]]> By: Blonde 2.0 http://www.blonde2dot0.com/blog/2007/03/29/our-online-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Blonde 2.0 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:11:13 +0000 http://www.blonde2dot0.com/blog/2007/03/29/our-online-identities/#comment-286 Thanks graham. You've raised some very interesting points. I like what you say here: "The virtual world allows us to discover more and more about who we really are....the more we learn about ourselves, the closer we become towards our real selves". Thanks graham. You’ve raised some very interesting points. I like what you say here: “The virtual world allows us to discover more and more about who we really are….the more we learn about ourselves, the closer we become towards our real selves”.

]]> By: Graham http://www.blonde2dot0.com/blog/2007/03/29/our-online-identities/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Graham Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:01:36 +0000 http://www.blonde2dot0.com/blog/2007/03/29/our-online-identities/#comment-285 I like what you wrote - "Perhaps the real question we should be asking ourselves is: bDo we stray from our real selves when webre offline?b<br/>Very few people ask this question.<br/>I find the virtual world liberating. Not because we can invent new identities, pretend to be somebody else. Too many people rushed to do this after discovering the virtual world. They felt trapped inside the person they had become in the "real" (let's call it "physical" world). And they thought that the only way to escape was to invent a new self - sometimes a new age, nationality, picture, and maybe even gender. They thought that this was a clever use of imagination, when, in fact, it was simply a lack of imagination. For what they didn't realize, and would never realize - as long as they continued to hide behind a mask - was that they were simply in a search for "self", trying to discover who they really are. The virtual world, through the many windows it opens, allows us discover more and more about who we really are, without the need to wear masks. We can join new communities, and find our place there. Meet people from many walks of life that we may have never met, and interact with them. The wider our scope, the wider our experience, the deeper we delve into ourselves and into others - the more we learn about ourselves. The closer we become towards our real self.<br/>And yes, in answer to your question, I think we stray more from our real self when offline, for we remained trapped within a limited world, limited in vision, opportunity and experience.<br/>We have to learn to find a balance between these two worlds. Not look at either as a means of escape, but rather as an opportunity to dig deeper into ourselves. I like what you wrote – “Perhaps the real question we should be asking ourselves is: bDo we stray from our real selves when webre offline?b
Very few people ask this question.
I find the virtual world liberating. Not because we can invent new identities, pretend to be somebody else. Too many people rushed to do this after discovering the virtual world. They felt trapped inside the person they had become in the “real” (let’s call it “physical” world). And they thought that the only way to escape was to invent a new self – sometimes a new age, nationality, picture, and maybe even gender. They thought that this was a clever use of imagination, when, in fact, it was simply a lack of imagination. For what they didn’t realize, and would never realize – as long as they continued to hide behind a mask – was that they were simply in a search for “self”, trying to discover who they really are. The virtual world, through the many windows it opens, allows us discover more and more about who we really are, without the need to wear masks. We can join new communities, and find our place there. Meet people from many walks of life that we may have never met, and interact with them. The wider our scope, the wider our experience, the deeper we delve into ourselves and into others – the more we learn about ourselves. The closer we become towards our real self.
And yes, in answer to your question, I think we stray more from our real self when offline, for we remained trapped within a limited world, limited in vision, opportunity and experience.
We have to learn to find a balance between these two worlds. Not look at either as a means of escape, but rather as an opportunity to dig deeper into ourselves.

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