http://www.teach42.com/2006/10/09/on-blogs-and-relationships/ Education and Technology by Steve Dembo Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:55:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.teach42.com/2006/10/09/on-blogs-and-relationships/#comment-51678 Paul Wilkinson Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:23:06 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2006/10/09/on-blogs-and-relationships/#comment-51678 Steve this is a really interesting point and one I have been contemplating recently. I heard someone (forgot who now) making a distinction between virtual relationships and real relationships. I thought Mmmmmmm! I email and skype my brother in Sydney. Is this a virtual relationship? I comment on your blog. Is this a real relationship? Does the fact that I have left a comment make this interaction/relationship any more real for the fact that I have responded rather than just read your posting? This is all a bit philosophical for me but I was prompted to write here because I think there is another aspect to it and seeing your comment by Artichoke triggered this for me. I read her blog a few weeks ago and was going to respond but didn't because I had no idea who Artichoke was. By the time I had trolled the net and actually discovered Artichoke's real identity I had lost the desire to respond. For me her hidden identity was a barrier to me being willing to interact online. In rationalising this I know it seems silly because I have never met you either but here I am responding to your blog??? I shall have to mull this over some more. Probably I would not have bothered to email this response to you. Steve this is a really interesting point and one I have been contemplating recently. I heard someone (forgot who now) making a distinction between virtual relationships and real relationships. I thought Mmmmmmm! I email and skype my brother in Sydney. Is this a virtual relationship? I comment on your blog. Is this a real relationship? Does the fact that I have left a comment make this interaction/relationship any more real for the fact that I have responded rather than just read your posting? This is all a bit philosophical for me but I was prompted to write here because I think there is another aspect to it and seeing your comment by Artichoke triggered this for me. I read her blog a few weeks ago and was going to respond but didn’t because I had no idea who Artichoke was. By the time I had trolled the net and actually discovered Artichoke’s real identity I had lost the desire to respond. For me her hidden identity was a barrier to me being willing to interact online. In rationalising this I know it seems silly because I have never met you either but here I am responding to your blog???
I shall have to mull this over some more.
Probably I would not have bothered to email this response to you.

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