Comparing a person's online persona to the way they act in real life is quite interesting. It's true that people act differently in an online setting than they do in their personal lives, but why is this?
The world of online gaming is a great place to examine the ways people take on different personas. Online gaming creates an atmosphere close to that of anarchy. It's almost as if anything goes while playing. So are online games telling of how people would act if they lived in a lawless world?
Take a look at the article The 7 Biggest Dick Moves in Online Gaming for some examples on how players take on different personas to carry out schemes they would never follow through with in real life. They rob other players, destroy property, hire assassins, murder, and even spread disease to their fellow gamers.
Then read The Psychology of Cyberspace to tap into some possible reasons on why this alteration of self takes place. What personality characteristics do the players in the article display?
How do you present yourself online? Do you think that you are more or less inhibited? What are some positive and negative results of changing your personality for the Internet?
These are all great questions to ask as we all become more connected with the World Wide Web.
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