Cyberculture has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I've been a member of scifispace.com since 2002, and that wasn't the first community I was on. I don't remember any of the sites I was on before. The cybercommunity I'm currently most active in is an rp (role play) I have going with my friends. It is a text based rp. It is called “Epitome of Silence” and it takes place in a fantasy world with magic and corrupt governments, and dragons and other things. Since I am one of the people that came up with the story the rp is based on, I am one of the admins for the thread, I have administrative duties to do as well. Part of what I have to do is enforce the rules. One of our rules is to use good grammar and spelling. Many sites do not enforce grammar and spelling. Since I think one of the downfalls of the internet is the poor grammar and spelling, we make sure people don’t need to deal with it. I think cybercommunities are good because it allows me to keep in touch with people. I don’t go out much and it allows me to stay in contact and hang out with people. The downside is the same. Since I can talk to my friends on a message board, I don’t feel the need to go out and see them so I tend to stay home.
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I really don't do any of the online rpg's, but I do agree with you on that cyber communitees are a great way to communicate and keep in touch with others.
I dont go online and do much more than I need to for school but I do agree that people go online and they develop bad grammer habits which I think affects the way they perform in their english classes or even the way they speak.
i too am not into the rpg's but they seem cool to do. i also agree that things like cyber communities are a great way to talk to people and keep in touch but sometimes its good to have a little face to face relationships, but everyone has their own ways of talking to people.
And here is where Rachel and I part ways, lol... grammar and spelling on the internet. I would argue that the medium is changing the language. In fact, I would go so far as to day that digital writing is a dialect of English. I'm absolutely fascinated by technology's influence on language, and I think it's an important aspect of not only our culture, but global as well.
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