It’s a bizarre concept to think of having multiple personalities if you don’t. Following this logic it would seem just as strange to have different versions of your own self whether they be online, in person, over the phone or anywhere else. However, I believe that many people live their lives having multiple personalities in the real and digital world. When you’re in the digital world you can be anyone you want to be. 60 year old men can be 12 year old girls. The poor can be rich and celebrities can “fit in”. It’s a fantasy world that many step into feeling like they’re still in reality. I feel that the digital world gives a lot of people a blind sense of confidence that they never feel they could possess in the “real world”.
I definitely have felt the safe feeling that can be a result of being behind the amenity of chatting online. I have spoken my opinion about items to people whom I probably would not have been comfortable being so bold in front of in person. I don’t think it’s a bad thing that technology has provided this safe haven. I do think that it’s a bad thing that many don’t acknowledge that it exists.
It’s easy to become lost in the digital world when you disregard the fact that an real world exists. This can be detrimental to both the mental and physical safety of young people who become enamored with “hotguy88” who likes all the same music as them and happens to live just down the block.
However, the instantaneous connection that the digital world allows for us to have with one another gives us access to people whom we would never have been able to meet otherwise. We can discuss topics with experts in Australia, learn from someone’s personal experience in Switzerland or simply chat with a friend who has moved across the state.
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