i think the main difference between online identity and "in person" identity, like the identity card is that, online identity can be fake, but "in person" identity have to be real. because those information construced online is not mainly used as official record or financial uses. like MSN and facebook, they mainly use for connecting friends, relative and for widen horizon, or it is for expressing opinion online community unity, like forums.
uwants.com is one of the most famous forum in Hong Kong.
also, when somebody have different sexial tendency, like lesbian and gay, they may feel isolated by society, since many people oppose to homosexuality, then they can find partners and get support by getting around in a certain community unity. in Hong Kong, TT1069.com is the most famous gaypeople forum.
tt1069.com
of course, constructing online identities online may have some risk behind. just like our information maybe stolen by other people, or our online idenitity, like facebook, may sell our identity for commercial profit.
morover, people who have some special opinion towards some social issue may arouse poele attention and opposition, thus cyber bullying emerged. one famous example is Ruby accident. Ruby had constructed a youtube clip condemning the english oral standard of the examiner, the clip arouse people attention can raise a series of condemnation in the net.
ruby Youtube clip
people make a clip writing lots of rude language to huminiate Ruby.
the Ruby Incident stimulate people in the Net revealing her privacy, including her real name, where does she study, where does she live, etc.. inhttp://hahavdo.blogspot.com/2010/04/ruby-profile.html, it record the general comments of the people-onlined towards Ruby and her privacy. thus don't look down on the risk of the net people!!
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