I do not believe it is ethical what so ever for people to represent themselves inaccurately in an online sort of community. It is deceiving to the individuals interested in that person portraying themselves as something they are not. I have heard of people photos shopping pictures of themselves on Facebook and other networking sites. I think it is pretty pathetic to do that to a picture just so you can receive more attention from other online users. I would definitely call this unethical because in fact you are pretty much giving a false identity of yourself. I understand in some communities it is accepted as sort of a “second life” role play. This is just my opinion on this topic. I believe online relationships can be more deceitful then face to face ones but not by much. There are a lot of ways to be deceiving in a face to face relationship, I just feel it is easier in an online one since you do not see the actually person in real life.
Hey there Petey! I believe that it is not ethical for people to represent themselves differently online, especially if they never met in person. I think the Internet is a scary place because it is so easy for one to make them look different or act differently from what they really are. I agree that it is pretty pathetic how people would Photoshop their picture so they look like how society wants them to be in order to gain more friends or become popular. I remember how some people would go Photoshop crazy to make them look good online. But I think what is even scarier is that in a face-to-face relationship there is still deception from one party. Anyways, good job this week I look forward to your posts next week!
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