Making Friends Through the Internet
To communicate and make new friends indirectly, letters used to be the only methods in bygone day and many people are lazy to do so. With the advent of advanced technology on the Internet in recent year, the practice of writing a letter seems to take a leap a faith, however. The snowballing email-writer and the prevalence of MSN users are the obvious evidences of this drastic change. While we are enjoying the fruit of the technology, may we try to stop and think for a while; is it a favor or a trap?
To begin with, it is doubtlessly easier for you to express your feeling. Without face-to-face conversation, you can still communicate with each other. Especially if you are rather shy and quiet to speak in front of other people, you will be definitely benefited since it will be a rather comfortable way for you to make friends.
A further point to account for its wide use is the convenience it brings. It allows you to communicate at every time and everywhere. It probably eliminates the geographical difference between two countries. Therefore, for the people who need to work in foreign countries, they can still leave message to their family members and friends with no limitation. Even they can have a video phone call with them.
Besides the convenience brought, it can also broaden your perspective. On the Internet, you can learn different culture while you are communicating with people from different countries simultaneously. For instance, while you are chatting with Japanese, you may well get some ideas about their traditional clothing, cuisine, literature, to name but a few. It makes you understand more about the world.
It seems there are no lacks of benefits of using the Internet as a way of making friends and in all likelihood become a part of our life. As the old saying goes, however, “every sword has two sides.” While we frequently indulge, we should also start being alert hand heeding the downsides of blogs.
Firstly, it exists of potential danger which
To begin with, it is doubtlessly easier for you to express your feeling. Without face-to-face conversation, you can still communicate with each other. Especially if you are rather shy and quiet to speak in front of other people, you will be definitely benefited since it will be a rather comfortable way for you to make friends.
A further point to account for its wide use is the convenience it brings. It allows you to communicate at every time and everywhere. It probably eliminates the geographical difference between two countries. Therefore, for the people who need to work in foreign countries, they can still leave message to their family members and friends with no limitation. Even they can have a video phone call with them.
Besides the convenience brought, it can also broaden your perspective. On the Internet, you can learn different culture while you are communicating with people from different countries simultaneously. For instance, while you are chatting with Japanese, you may well get some ideas about their traditional clothing, cuisine, literature, to name but a few. It makes you understand more about the world.
It seems there are no lacks of benefits of using the Internet as a way of making friends and in all likelihood become a part of our life. As the old saying goes, however, “every sword has two sides.” While we frequently indulge, we should also start being alert hand heeding the downsides of blogs.
Firstly, it exists of potential danger which