Thursday, November 8, 2012
Deception
I do not think that it is ethical for people to represent themselves differently online to have made up information that does not represent them at all with a fake online identity. By providing false information about one-self creates a fake person that doesn't even exist. It's really sad that people do that because they probably have low self esteem or something. Some people choose to hide their true identity to look like someone way better than everyone else online to be the "cool" person. Deception is commonly found online because you can't see their facial expressions as they tell you the lies or whatever. If you were face to face with someone their facial expression and body language can give away that you are lying or hiding something. Some people are good liars but in the end they always end up getting caught because the truth always comes our or at least most of the time.
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I believe and agree that by providing false/fake information creates a fake person. When I was younger I used chat rooms on AOL with a friend and I would describe myself as someone I was not, but was never insecure or not comfortable in my own skin. I did it because my friend who was overweight and found herself unattractive but also discovered an online boyfriend and was in a “puppy love” for her first time. Knowing that simply changing your weight, hair color, eye color, and height would define “beautiful” in a person, still makes me sick till this very day. I wish I didn’t partake in this activity, but it happened and it was an experience I can definitely learn from. It just goes to show that a person who feels uncomfortable in their own skin can sadly feel uplifted by changing how they look in the virtual world, and this is what makes our society so overrated.
ReplyDeleteHey Grasshopperhopping. Great post! I agree with you that people with low self esteem, and low confidence in being what they are pose as someone different on the Internet. Mostly People enjoy chatting with others on Internet because of like-mindedness, but in reality these others are actually manipulating the person in front under the name of someone else. I feel such people with false identities on Internet are desperate to make friendships because they cannot make it happen in real life. Also sometimes depending upon the closeness with their partners on the Internet they start exploiting them.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your post. People choose to lie about who they really are in order to make themselves more popular or look like a better person than they really are. I think that you hit it right on the head when you say that people most likely do this because they have a low self-esteem. People should just believe in who they really are and trust that other people will like them for who they really are. I also agree with your point that it is much easier to do online. People do not really ever see the person that they are talking to online until it is too late. People are able to lie about what they look like or what they do for a living because other people cannot see their reactions or what they actually look like. I really enjoyed reading your post.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is very wrong and unethical to create a fake person especially on an online communication or when you actually don’t see the other person. It is lying to them. There must be something wrong with the person creating the fake person. Either they are very bored and want to create mix feelings for people that are actually looking for a true friend, or they have very low esteem and want to pretend something that they are not. Or simply they are just crazy. But like you said, they will get caught up sooner or later so when the person online wants to meet in person.
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