Cyberculture is scary. Everything is now online and can be a little frightening. I was introduced to cyberculture a few years ago and am kind of amazed at how much stuff is on the web now. For instance, I had thought online gaming would be popular, but I had no clue people would devote their entire days to this. I guess you can say that my participation in cyberculture is moderately involved. At first, I was reluctant to join social networking sites because they seemed kind of odd, but I eventually acquired a facebook. Now I’m a junkie. It’s a sad, sad internet addiction. I cannot go a day without checking what’s going on with my friends, but overall this is a good thing I can now stay in contact with my friends who attend other universities like so many others. I have also found other ways how cyberulture is very useful. Sometimes, when I have a technical question, I can find the answer on somebody’s forum. Sure it might be ran by somebody named Pirate Pete, but hey it’s free information.
Cyberculture has both met and disappointed my expectations. To begin with, I love that everything you would possibly love to find is out there on the internet including business who love to sell stuff at a fraction of the price. However, I guess you can say we all probably saw this one coming. Pop up ads are everywhere like an infection. I really don’t want to open up a page and have an elf trying to sell me shaving cream for my turtle. Hah that was dumb, but I probably I got your attention if you spaced out while reading this. Our new virtual world has also disappointed me. Why do people think it is necessary to date online? This is just my opinion, but it seems a little creepy. All I can think of, is the person desperate, a criminal, or possibly both. Oh well.
Overall, cyberculture is just going to keep expanding with quite possibly a new variety of online activities. I think cyberculture is never going away.
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i agree with you i remember when the internet first started to come out and i remember the big thing was aol instant messageing, i never thought it would go this far as it has come today, people spend their entire lives on the computer working, browsing and playing games. i also agree with you in how we all kind of get sucked into it with the facebooks and emails i to have many friends that went away for school and facebook helps me keep in touch whith them.
I agree, I don't think cyber culture will ever go away either. I'm glad though! Myspace helps me keep in touch with all my friends and family. It's really helps out!
I get where you are coming from when you say that cyberculture will never go away and that people can get sucked into it. I can spend hours easy at the computer just switching back from aim. email, face book, and my space. Not to mention the research that needs to be done for class. From the development that this "new culture" culture brings has contributed to society for better and for worse. The opportunity for research and school related topics are vast and of course the hackers and privacy violators are easily given information through the same system.
i agree with you that there is way too much personal information on these sites. We do get sucked into it because it is a fad.
I have to agree with you. Why do people find that dating online is more useful. This sucks people in to spend their live trying to find other people to marry on the internet when there is probably someone right in their own home town. Myspace and facebook and much others have sucked in some many people.
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