[the_real_linda]

1. Are you male or female? fembot....i mean yes female
2. Which ethnic group do you belong to? erm i white and english...boring huh
3. Which of these social classes do you think you belong to? erm dunno...i hate the class system....we did loads about it in sociology and i came out as middle cuz of what my father does....but who the frak cares
4. How old are you? 19
5. How much time do you spend on the Internet each week (on average)? too much olo!
6. How much leisure time do you spend with friends and family in person each week (on average)? frak knows...a lot at the moment but next week my animation has to be handed in so not so much....ill be in a panic
7. Which type of websites do you tend to visit whilst online? erm my emails...??? here....weird ass comic book stuff and film stuff
8. When you’re online, do you often communicate with people from different backgrounds (i.e. people of a different nationality, ethnic group, social class, etc.)? Yes
9. How would you describe your online relationships? erm online
10. Do you feel particularly close to your Internet contacts (please explain why or why not)? take everything with a bucket full of salt...and i dont get why people are mean on the internet just cause wer not face to face.....rudeness is rudeness
11. Have you ever met up with, and befriended, someone you communicated with over the Internet? No
12. Have you ever been concerned about online flaming (flaming refers to heated arguments and/or abuse in online message boards/chat rooms/forums)? not personally but my friends have gone on about some random hoo har on this forum or some one on some other forum that annoys them and they bitch and whine and hello its pointless
13. Would you say flaming was one of the major problems of communicating online? No...people are mostly decent
14. Would you say you belong to an online community, or do you think it’s impossible for a group of people who communicate over the Internet to form a community? no its possible....and yeah
15. Do you use Computer Mediated Communications (CMC’s) such as e-mail, instant messaging, and message forums to communicate with your personal, close relationships such as family and friends? Yep
16. Do you feel as close to your family and friends when you are communicated via the Internet/e-mail as you would do in person? yep
17. How many clubs/societies do you belong to? erm........a few
18. Have you ever joined an online protest movement? Yep
19. Have you ever joined any groups which use networking via the Internet to put people in touch with each other (for example, Facebook.com)? Nope
20. Which groups are these? (specify the name(s) of the group(s)) Nope
21. On the whole, would you say using the Internet improves your relationships with other people, or it has no effect on people’s relationships, or does it make you more isolated/alienated from other humans? (select one response) it expands....its an amazing world oh yeah
22. Do you trust people you speak to online? im a contradiction....i dont really trust anyone....blame x files but when i do i do it blindly and too easily for wrong reasons
23. Have you come across someone online who has helped you out in some way (i.e. by giving you advice)? Yep



i agree with shanks.........its amazing how it opens up communication....like i love forums.....my mom gets bored if i talk about films.....she says im too passionate to listen to when i get going and i get obsessed with things.....internet tis good for that.


pinhead-do i look like someone who cares what god thinks
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