Online Chat Assignment #1

As I began to interpret the world of online chat I decided to pursue an investigation into the open chat room. This is described to be open to every one of all ages over 14 and the topic is of decided amongst the members. When you sign in as a male the attention that you receive is slim to non because of the ratio of participants. Mostly everyone involved is males looking at the names with the exception of a few females. The focus of the conversation immediately turned towards sex and related topics. Most of the input came from mainly participants with names that suggested they were male so I began to stereotype the way people think in chat rooms. With this in mind, I began to think of the way males acted in public and it was no where near that of a chat room. When they are behind the screen and out of the public eye, their minds begin to develop into thinking and wanting to learn about sex and sex only. As I sat and watched the conversation continue in the downward spiral, I focused in on one participant that went by “sexysingleguy69.” He might have been serious, but more than likely pretending to be “the know it all” with all the answers to every sex question. He would always try to answer the questions no matter if they were for males or females. My impression of this man began to drift towards that of an exaggeration. The keys points that I picked up on from this man’s portrayed image was that of a hyper personal model. He would always exaggerate every answer he gave and left out most of the details pertaining to him. I believe that since he wasn’t in a face to face situation, he was under the impression that he wasn’t nearly invincible. By this I mean that he couldn’t be judged, viewed or made fun of if he didn’t act like himself. Having CMC working in his favor, he completely changed the person that he was and is in the real world and became someone that he wanted to be. Even though this new version, sexysingleguy69, was perverted and opinionated towards sex, he enjoyed stepping out of reality and into a hyper personal environment.