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Originally posted by James
Most of the 45 guests are search engine 'bots' - computer programs that travel the Internet indexing websites.
I very much agree with the article that a lot of people say things about other people online that they wouldn't in real life. The anonymity makes people more confident about insulting.
But we don't really 'know' what people can be like - the online personality might only be a small sub-set of someone's whole personality.
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I always wondered what the (guests) and the (invisible members) were.
I know that most forums show this and would only assume that it was just non-members looking at our many posts with interest.
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It is easy to insult people on a forum, celebrities/royal's, etc.
Even other members, who may be quite intimidating if you came face to face.
The internet age has changed our lives completely and it really takes up a lot of time, but many enjoy passing that time anyway.
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Knowing what people are really like, is the biggest question of them all.
If someone seems very nice, are they?
I got tricked many times in forums and have realised that sometimes, it is the ones which can come over nice, can usually be the ones that are definately not.
Anonymity is so important and enjoying a scenerio, where everyone is just locked into a computer screen gives us ultimate control.
It is easy to just log off your computer and that is that.
There is a saying about the digital computer age of today:-
(The best friend you could ever have, is the person that you never get to meet)
There is plenty of truth in that and even though it is full of negativity, it can be very true and also wise as well.
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