Week Eight Reading Reaction #2

In the articles for this week's reading, the question as to privacy, identity and community are all topics that are within the notion of posting ideas on the internet. In most instances, people believe that what they post and the information they share is meant to create a forum where people are able to freely exchange ideas and information. The problem is that too often we are foolish to believe that every online community in which we partake is honest, open and is willing to create a congenial exchange. In some instances people look for ways to exploit information or to use ideas against one another. There does not seem to be a presence of etiquette or at least a sense of what of appropriate for some people. Then again the actions of some in a virtual world are reflective of the same types of action in a virtual world or in other cases because of the lack of consequences in a virtual world, people feel free to behave in various unbecoming fashions. I believe that there is a sense of patrolling that each of us must do but above all to agree to the policies that the internet is a forum of openness and exchange; a place where ideas are meant to flow and people are encouraged to be expressive.