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For fast easy loading we will be keeping the “Bells and Whistles” to a minimum. à Some great things about online social places à Talking about the best ways to get along in online social environments à Rules to remember in socializing à What to look for when you’re trying to understand what’s going on in chat à Terminology and abbreviations à Ratings for online social places à What kinds of social places are there and what to look for in a place you would like à A special online Dating Section. Working out details on this now. |
How To Get Along Online |
Not Everyone Shares Your Idea Of What’s Fun
Getting along online is not as hard as you may think if you keep a few simple, basic facts in mind. Since this site is all about social situations then I am going to work from that vantage point. The Golden Rule applies but with a slight modification. Since so many people come online to meet others who share their particular tastes, remember that not everyone enjoys the same things so a little common courtesy goes a long ways. This also means you are going to encounter people who you will disagree with, not share their particular enjoyments and at times wish there was a way to reach through the monitor and smack them. The internet has not yet evolved far enough to allow physical retaliation……… for which I am eternally grateful and you can figure out why. Okay you are an environmentalist or a biker or you like fishing or maybe you enjoy certain types of physical interaction, guess what, not everyone will like the same things you do. Those things may be extremely important to you and mean nothing to someone else. That doesn’t make them wrong and you right, it makes them as different to you as you are to them. Arguing, yelling (typing in caps is considered yelling) or being rude will not change their mind and chances are they did not come online looking for you to share your wisdom of the ages. If you want to discuss your favorite topic that’s fine. If you want to yell at people who disagree, that’s not. It isn’t a hard concept to learn. I know these things seem like no brainers and they are except for one thing, emotions tend to run higher on the internet than in real world face to face. |
Emotions Are Heightened On The Internet
There are more than a few theories for why this is but it is a fact. One of the reasons is likely the anonymity allows people the opportunity to express themselves in ways they would not otherwise do in the real world. It gives room for freedom to express yourself and allow some of the things you keep bottled up, hidden or otherwise out of the public eye to come out. Most of the people in the world have a secret vision of who they want to be or wish they were. A lot of us do not grow up to be the Super Hero we imagined we would become once we reached adulthood. Besides, I look terrible in tights though I could probably sport a cape ok. You get the point. On the internet you can be that person and there is no one to contradict that you are that person. It’s a fresh start to become the inner person you’ve always wanted to be and no matter what that inner person is, there is an online social place where you will fit in. |
