The Internet and physical world are very much interrelated to each other. Amongst the many major differences, you cannot apply the law of physics in this virtual world. It is like a dream; where you can float in the sky, and jump from Africa to Great Britain in seconds. One simply has to click on a virtual button to be transported from one location to another. We do not need to reserve plane tickets or walk on feet for this travel. It is a change in the visual/psychological context that indicates transportation. Geographical distance makes no difference in who can communicate with whom when you are in cyberspace. Two people who are thousands of miles away can talk online and gossip whatever and whenever they want to. The advantage of this is you find lot of people with the same interests in cyber space more rapidly relatively then in the real world. You choose your own community in cyberspace and neglect the unwanted.
A chat room is the perfect example of a cyber community. In a chat environment you have choice of going to the destination of your choice. If you want to talk about religion, you have rooms for religious talk, or if you want to talk to people of different region you have the regional chat rooms. While we visit such rooms we find specific types of people who address our underlying emotions and needs. People start conversation very casually, first by asking “asl?”- Age, sex and location; then they talk about their interests and desire. After a few minutes of text messaging they start building a virtual personality of other person. This personality also depends on what name do you give to your cyber-self, what kind of chat room do you always visit and what type of text messaging talk you do. Many people may be shy in the real world, but the undetected person in cyber space has the liberty to express themselves their way. Cyber-personality encompass only each other’s ideas to pay attention to, words on a screen, devoid of tone and inflection.
Here we can see the truth of what is said about beauty; it lies in the eyes of beholder. Two people interacting don’t care about each other’s looks and culture. They choose people who have the same breed of mind-set. Nonetheless if a person wants to deepen and enrich his relationship with online companions, he might consider letting them know about his in-person life: work, family, friends, home, hobbies. Those companions will have a much better sense of who he is. They may even be able to give him some new insights into how his offline identity compares to how he presents himself online. Cyberspace comes very close to the real world when someone falls in love with someone in cyber world, does cyber sex, chooses his enemies, or debates on various issues with each other. Many people create online groups, which specifically work for different purposes such as research or religion. The activities in these groups are very vast.
You may have online companions, groups, and actions that are quite distinct from those you have in the face-to-face world. For some people, the two worlds are worlds apart. This split between online and offline living and the compartmentalizing of one's identifications are not necessarily ghastly things. Hanging out online can be a strong means of setting aside the stresses of one's in person meetings and conversations. Online groups with specialized interests offer you the opportunity to focus on that particular aspect of your identity, with information and support from people that may not be available elsewhere. Dissociation can be an efficient way to manage the complexities of one's lifestyle and identity, especially when social roles are not easily compatible with each other.
