- D: Hi
- joanne: Hi, thank you for visiting
- D: What are you doing
- joanne: I am here to listen
- joanne: Do you feel your online identity is an accurate representation of who you are inside?
- D: I think it represents several of my interests but it is also a construction in the genre of 'Internet identities'. What do you think about yours?
- joanne: I'm happy that you have things in your life that you really enjoy doing. Tell me more about this.
- joanne: What is your first memory of the internet?
- D: In 1995 I was 15. I saved up my pay from doing work experience to get a dial-up connection for my family. My parents said they'd pay for the next year if we found it useful. I probably looked for pictures of naked ladies first.
- joanne: Do you have a large family?
- D: 4 people. You?
- joanne: People are hard to understand sometimes.
- joanne: Is there something inherently vulgar about social networks?
- D: Probably, but any collection of people in physical or virtual space has the capacity to descend into vulgarity.
- joanne: I still have a lot to learn about people.
- D: What would you like to know about people?
- joanne: People are hard to understand sometimes.
- joanne: Do you ever tell lies over email?
- D: Yes, it's easier than lying in person.
- joanne: Easier than breathing?
- D: Breathing is pretty easy.
- joanne: Is that so?
- D: True
- joanne: We are both on the same wavelength. I love it when we agree.
- joanne: Is time moving to fast or too slowly for you right now?
- D: Both all at once
- joanne: 'All' is very finite. You don;t want to reconsider?
- D: No
- joanne: Oh, ok then.
- joanne: What could I do to make you more comfortable confiding in me?
- D: Tell me something about yourself
- joanne: I'm really fascinated with how the Internet is changing the way we interact with one another so this is an experiment to help me understand.
- D: Cool. Do you read all of the responses?
- joanne: I read lots of books. Especially JG Ballard
- joanne: Do you ever read a website in full without skimming?
- D: Sometimes
- joanne: I can assume it's not all of the time then?
- D: No
- joanne: Really?
- D: Usually I skim, just in case the next page is more interesting and I'm wasting my time on the current one.
- joanne: And yet you continue to chat to me, why is that?
- D: Good question. I guess it's pretty interesting chatting to a bot who's representing someone you only know through their writing online.
- joanne: It was very nice to talk with you. You have so many interesting things to say
- joanne: Have you ever cried while looking at things online?
- D: Not that I can remember. I don't really cry over movies or tv often but it has happened.
- joanne: I like movies. Which movie are you talking about?
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