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Joining Your Online and Offline Lives

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the own-up-to-your-smacktalk dept.

The Escapist this week is running an article entitled Anonymity is not Enough. The article explores the increasing overlap between online and offline lives. From the article: "Freed from accountability for their actions, some players seek to experiment with the more annoying sides of their online identities, becoming in-game griefers or forum trolls. On a more serious level, some use the protection of the screen to pull off scams that can cost unsuspecting players real money, or to stalk other players online (and sometimes offline as well). And for those honest virtual businessmen out there, anonymity can sometimes make it difficult to build the kind of solid reputation of trust that any smart customer looks for."

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  1. Forum trolls? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    What the fuck are those and why does linux suck so much anyway you fags.

    1. Re:Forum trolls? by SoCalDissident · · Score: 2, Funny

      If only we could make people wear (Score:-1, Troll) T-shirts, it would save us a ton of time, especially at work. Better yet, a tattoo... -1, redudant T-shirt for twins...? or, a (Score:-1, OffTopic) bumper sticker for distracted cell phone talking SUV drivers... I would RTFA, but it's blocked by my work filter. So, not only does my job interfere with my offline life, but also with my online one...