What do you think about meeting people in real life that
you met on the net?
The answers (in order recieved):
havnt done that yet!
Let's see, I did that exactly once, and for all
of five minutes, and it hasn't exactly made an
impact on my life. But I DO know people who met
over the net (well, Prodigy bulletin boards) and
ended up getting married..
I have no clue I have yet ti meet anyone on the net. I only meet
paople in real life because I live in the NOW! Man!
I can only vouch for myself here...anyway, I'm interested in meeting net
people
in real life, only after I've gotten to know them pretty well
and feel comfortable with it - and it would have to be in a safe, neutral
place with other people around, of course. Being a woman, I'm obviously
a little more cautious about meeting *guys* from the net; I tend
to trust women more.
Go meet them! Just don't go expecting anything,
because the net tends to build false expectations.
considering its how most of us met each other, and we are all
friends.....
meeting someone they've met on the
net isn't THAT bad as long as it's nothign more then a
friendship meeting.
I'm all for meeting people that I've crashed into on the
information superhighway. I've done it at least 5 or 6 times
already. It can be a little freaky, but what's life without
a little adventure every now and then?
I would be very cautious about metting someone in person that I have
met on the Internet. I have a hard time trusting alot of people on the
Internet.
I would love it.I haven't been on
the net for long,so I haven't made too many friends.
But I think it is great.You know how people have pen-pals
and they finally meet,it would be a great time,
especially for a lot of us Lepnetters.
I think it's
great. I've met one of my goodfriends from the net and now that I've
started a
for-reals relationship through Powwow I'm hoping to meet the girl of my
dreams
in a few short weeks. So my personal opinion of meeting outside the net is
go
for it, unless they're a real whack job on the net. Then, no doubt,
they're
even worse in real life.
I think it all depends on how well and how long you know that person. I
mean,
if someone's a creep, then someone's a creep, and you probably would know
that
long before you contemplated meeting them.
So I think in general, it's okay. I don't really go in for that, it ruins
the
whole basis of the relationship kind of thing. Life is too short. You
should
know who your friends are.
Don't know - I've met very few people on the net whom I didn't previously
know, and of those few I've never met them in person.
Hasn't happened yet.
I think it'd be pretty interesting. I mean, I love talking with
people in real life, and while the net has many great benefits, it just
can't
compare with meeting someone face to face. Of course, there is the slight
problem of honesty...
My answer:
I've had mixed experiences. In some cases it was nice to meet somebody in
person without having to worry as much about making a first impression.
I've also had occassional experiences though where we'd talked too much o
the computer, and had run out of good small talk topics. So its a fairly
mixed bag, but probably a better way to meet people than any other.
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