Aspects of online socialization

So how are we using "antisocial" in this context? Are we talking those with absolutely no social skills, because I'm ok with bitching about crutches in that case. However, I should point out that if you're not well-adjusted off-line, there's no way you can maintain some sort of decent personality online. At best you group yourself together with a bunch of other socially deficient children, and mope about it together. Unfortunately, there are support groups off-line which do exactly the same thing.

If, however, we're talking about people who simply choose not to interact with others as a matter of preference, then, well, you're all judgemental morons. My apologies if the connotation is somehow self-evident. I've been accused of anti-social behavior simply because I don't generally initiate conversations, so I no longer assume.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I think that's too optimistic, shadowlink. There are aspects of personalities that shine through, especially given prolonged interaction with each other. I don't expect that many people have the capacity to behave in a drastically different manner for a long period of time. I certainly don't.

I'll also point out that while characteristics like race, sex, and class are made irrelevant, we simply introduce different standards by which to categorize ourselves. For instance, literacy, choice of name and popularity. We still have a class system of sorts. Hell, gamingforce has achieved something roughly akin to the conflict between landed gentry and the bourgeoisie. Clearly, for me, it's a sociological experiment, rather than a psychological one.

I also think age is evident online. It is fairly easy to judge someone's age by the maturity of their posts. For instance, people who advocate wide, sweeping, simple solutions to world affairs are either retarded or aged 13-16. =p

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