...Cyberspace as a Place...

I feel tht the internet in terms of virtual communities is a nice place to "vacation" bt nt stay. For myself I thnk of facebook as a place to sort of get away frm my day. You basically connect to your friends and relatives through pictures and posts. which in my opinion would be no way to live life. You would never be able to see a person or kno wat summone looks like, yu could onlii base it off of the pictures they post and their profile pictures.

Also the internet can encourage false identities. People tend to get a new since of "confidence about them selves while using the internet, even new i dentities. They make up names, birthdays, hometowns, and may even say things they would not normally say in person. so the person tht you may hav grown to like as a 'friend" maybe not be who you think they are.

All in all I do feel as though the internet shares a sense of space and connection. Bt, only for others within cyberspace. meaning tht if I hav a facebook, and I hav about 800 facebook friends, those are the only peoples pages i hav access to those r they only people tht can reach mii etc. jus by ddoin this i hav limited myself to a set number of individuals i wish to communicate with. Another example is if someone does nt own a computer at all, or has use for one of these social websites, then they are totally "forgotten" in the eyes of cyberspace.

Finally cyberspace 9the medium itself) does encourage much isolation. In order to become an in-depth member of a social network such as twitter, facebook, myspace etc, you hav to take time out to completely isolate yourself frm the "real world". You sit and stare at a computer screen for hours at a time, doing nthn useful bt commenting and "liking" pictures and posts. Some may say tht networking is a form of good communication (which it is) bt it also comes with personal isolation. Cyber space is a good place to vacation bt i would never move in.