It's really hard to look ahead into the future and guess how one thing is going to influence the other. If it were easier I guess we'd have a lot less problems than we do today. But if I were to guess on how the Web would influence our use of language, I would say that it might broaden shared characteristics. Certain slang may become more widely used, etc. Also, watching the YouTube stuff, I noticed it was all about people going in and doing these video blogs, and online blogs... It's like you can make the world out to be a Confidante whether it cares to be or not. With all of these people pouring out their souls to strangers over the internet, how will that effect personal face-to-face relationships? Will we have a harder time making close friends? If this becomes so great a habit, could we loose some of our face-to-face social skills?
And as for lies, you can say what you will and the person on the other side cannot touch you. Not only does that bring out more lies but more rude behaviour as well. If things get to hot, it would seem that the contact could be severed with the mere pulling of a chord. You're safe and protected. You can manipulate the communication to fit whatever nitch it is that makes you happy. There's a lot of power there, and like always, corruption is quick to follow.
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the web has a powerful influence on people. It really likes to suck us in and not want to spit us back out.
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