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We all should take harassments, teasing and attacks on our online personas with a pinch of salt. How many times have we been told not to be too serious about this?
Those who think their online monikers cannot be criticised, abused and defamed need to get real. You are just some pixels behind a keyboard and no one actually knows you in real life. All your posts (some read, some missed) by others can be misinterpreted and actually do not represent your true self. Others have a hazy perception of who you truly are and hence, their responses will be base on that perception. From which you too will also gauge their personality and characters which will also be incorrect.
Scams and cons can happen because of this failure to differentiate between the two. Likewise, there could be friction and quarrels among members because of the inability to know the other persona. There are facets of interpersonal communication which is important that gets lost, such as facial expression, tonal variations and gestures when we communicate only in writing.
I think we all need to take a hard look at his issue and perhaps some lessons can be drawn from our personal experience.
Note: Repeated from my earlier post in Trivia Section
Those who think their online monikers cannot be criticised, abused and defamed need to get real. You are just some pixels behind a keyboard and no one actually knows you in real life. All your posts (some read, some missed) by others can be misinterpreted and actually do not represent your true self. Others have a hazy perception of who you truly are and hence, their responses will be base on that perception. From which you too will also gauge their personality and characters which will also be incorrect.
Scams and cons can happen because of this failure to differentiate between the two. Likewise, there could be friction and quarrels among members because of the inability to know the other persona. There are facets of interpersonal communication which is important that gets lost, such as facial expression, tonal variations and gestures when we communicate only in writing.
I think we all need to take a hard look at his issue and perhaps some lessons can be drawn from our personal experience.
Note: Repeated from my earlier post in Trivia Section