Digital Nation: Relationships/Online Dating

Relationships/Online Dating

     In the documentary Digital Nation, it talks about how peoples' relationships are either being strengthened or destroyed because of the place technology has in our lives now. Some people are finding love on the internet and some people feel like their lives are out of control with it. The documentary points out a specific game called Warcraft and how people have made friendship bonds that are extremely close and even romances that have gone into reality. A couple they interviewed said they met online through this virtual game and now they are married. Some of these people are so into the game that they even have some of their dates online. They said that everyone thinks these people playing these type of games are just geeks who are isolating themselves but really they are creating bonds with people in their own ways.

     The whole concept to a virtual world opens a whole new way for humans to live their lives. But if it health for someone to just live their life through a game character? Our virtual worlds give us a place where we can forget about who we are and become another person. You can discover and do things that are not really possible to do on Earth or that your just too afraid to do. People think that we are not as social in reality but as soon as we connect to an virtual world we become social and interact with other people. Virtual worlds open up a whole new way of living and interacting. 

     The scary part is that you don't know what you could be getting yourself into when you get involved into the virtual world. With the virtual world comes risks. Yes it let's people have a voice and it let's people experience things they never could imagine but to every new thing comes some negative outcomes. Since you don't know who that other person is they can be whoever they want. Which is a playground for pervs and other pedophiles. It is hard to know who to trust and who not to when making these friendships or romances online. Online dating can be a scary thing but until you meet that someone in person you can't be sure if it is even real or not.