In John Suler's article "The Online Disinhibition Effect", he explores six factors that interact with each other in creating this online disinhibition effect: dissociative anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, solipsistic introjection, dissociative imagination, and minimization of authority.
Nowadays more and more people are using social networks to maintain relationships. However it's debatable that whether the relationships are authentic or not.
While online, some people self-disclose or act out more frequently or intensely than they would in person. When a person is shy in person while outgoing online, neither self-presentation is more true. They are two dimensions of that person, each revealed within a different situational context. From the multidimensional prospect, humanity is complicated that it's normal for a person not understanding another person in some extent, and misunderstanding often occurs. "Neither one is necessarily more true than another."
Then the question is, if we don't know whether people are behaving their true-self, how would we trust each other online or offline. Trust is the most current currency in contemporary society. If trust is lost, then where we are going, what is the meaning of living?
To know, to understand, and be wise is a lifelong lesson for us to learn.
Nowadays more and more people are using social networks to maintain relationships. However it's debatable that whether the relationships are authentic or not.
While online, some people self-disclose or act out more frequently or intensely than they would in person. When a person is shy in person while outgoing online, neither self-presentation is more true. They are two dimensions of that person, each revealed within a different situational context. From the multidimensional prospect, humanity is complicated that it's normal for a person not understanding another person in some extent, and misunderstanding often occurs. "Neither one is necessarily more true than another."
Then the question is, if we don't know whether people are behaving their true-self, how would we trust each other online or offline. Trust is the most current currency in contemporary society. If trust is lost, then where we are going, what is the meaning of living?
To know, to understand, and be wise is a lifelong lesson for us to learn.
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