Empowerment
The most interesting part of empowerment is how it can increase one's self confidence. Behind a screen where nobody sees you, one can be anything he wants to be. Physical inabilities or appurtenance to a minority are not fences for a rich social life anymore.
It has good sides, for example for people who are not confident it is much easier not to talk face to face but through a computer, and make them known this way. Internet and the new networks are good to improve one's self confidence.
Not only one can change facets of their personality through the internet, but people can also build a whole new person: there are many cases where people created blogs, putted pictures online of someone they were pretending to be. This is when using the web is not about becoming a more confident human being, but about rejecting the person they actually are, not trying to improve their flows, but giving up on them and adopting a brand new image and personality.
I personally hate when some people are acting chocked when they find out that people can spend time on second life and enjoying it, those are the same who are saying "how can you be so desperate". No one is in the position to judge it, it is a new phenomenon, therefore it is chocking to some people. However not everyone has the social skills to be really socially happy in real life, if second life or facebook are allowing them to live happier, where is the problem?
It has good sides, for example for people who are not confident it is much easier not to talk face to face but through a computer, and make them known this way. Internet and the new networks are good to improve one's self confidence.
Not only one can change facets of their personality through the internet, but people can also build a whole new person: there are many cases where people created blogs, putted pictures online of someone they were pretending to be. This is when using the web is not about becoming a more confident human being, but about rejecting the person they actually are, not trying to improve their flows, but giving up on them and adopting a brand new image and personality.
I personally hate when some people are acting chocked when they find out that people can spend time on second life and enjoying it, those are the same who are saying "how can you be so desperate". No one is in the position to judge it, it is a new phenomenon, therefore it is chocking to some people. However not everyone has the social skills to be really socially happy in real life, if second life or facebook are allowing them to live happier, where is the problem?
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