As being a person that deals with users on a normal basis in the physical world and playing in the virtual, it has been my experience that the qualities of a person that are normally down played in the physical are more pronounced in the virtual.
I have known people virtually that I know are normally quite, shy, and almost meek in the physical social environment be in your face and commanding while they are in the virtual social environment. My theory for this behavior is the ability to not put a face to a person. It is easier to yell and be irate to someone over the phone then it is sitting across from them sitting at a desk. Going forward with web technology and the visibility of the virtual social environment in the terms of webcams, VoIP, etc I think different types of behaviors will begin to blend into a single behavior. Just my two cents on the topics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=27238 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
