After reading this question, I was a little bit surprised with myself. I have grown up in a generation that is surrounded by constant communication, most of which is online. I have known of websites, chat rooms, and instant messaging as second nature. As one of the children in this generation, I have never formed a relationship online. I am kind of surprised. Not that this is new information to me, but it is interesting that for something to be so common of people my age, I had no part in it. I was never really interested in chat rooms or surfing the internet. I haven't ever really gotten into the instant messaging thing or the social networking sites. I don't think that it is for any particular reason other than I just don't enjoy sitting at a computer that much. I have always had very accessible access to computers and the internet, but it just isn't really my thing. I use computers for school and work and that is pretty much it.
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I find your post very interesting because I am the complete opposite! When I was younger I was very involved in chat rooms and forums and as I've gotten older I have "grown out" of that stage. My interest has shifted to Social Networking, namely Facebook. I don't have a viable reason as to why I'm hooked, but I think part of it may be because I am number one, a very social person, and two, I'm nosy. I like to know what is happening with other people (is that good or bad, haha), and Facebook allows me to do that. The thing is, I only keep in contact with people I know personally. Every one of my friends on Facebook is someone I know. I'll be damned before I go adding random people or accepting others' requests! haha, it's just not safe!
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