Week 13 Post 1: Cyberspace Relationship

1). Have you made friendships that exist exclusively in cyberspace? If so, how are they different from f2f relationships? If you have not formed cyber relationships, why not?

Because I am not on Myspace or Facebook, I initially didn’t think that I had any cyberspace relationships. However, I recently joined Twitter and have been “following” one of my favorite DJ’s called woody. The Woody Show used to be on Live 105 in the mornings and I listened to it every day on my way to work. After so many months and years of listening to this guy talk every morning, you start to really feel like you know them. Unfortunately he was recently fired form the radio station so now I follow him on Twitter. He talks about the job hunt, his wife, his baby due in a couple months, all the things you would normally talk about with a friend. This kind of relationship is different than face to face because it’s completely one sided. He doesn’t know anything about me, so while the relationship is entertaining; it is not in any other way beneficial to me.