This article disturbed me but at the same time I knew that it was possible for people to enter online communities and have an entirely new persona. This article only came out ten years ago, but couples had problems of infidelity in the last ten years since the partners were online with cyber sexual partners. Where is the ethical line of committing the sin of unfaithfulness? When is it OK and when isn’t it? Who makes the determination? Maybe the wife doesn’t want to be in a position where she is belittled and slandered by morally degrading ideas and words. In an online world, a different dimension if you will, the husband can express these ideas. No longer does the online user’s wife need to be involved. Suddenly, and without very much effort, both people are happy.

On the other end of the spectrum, a physics student without an evolved personality and lacking social skills can participate in a multi-user domain and become engaged and have intimate moments with another player, or individual. How does this help the self-esteem of the physics student without any to begin with? It drops. The line becomes bold and no longer opaque. No gray area exists when an engagement occurs online. True emotions that are very real become overpowering. How do you break off a relationship that has become so important to you? But with online identities, the idea of a person that you become intimate with is not the same person that you are.

Where does the idea of personality and identities antiquate? Will my feelings be hurt when I no longer am engaged with my fellow MUD member? What about the social lacking individuals? Do MUDs and RPGs or MMPORGS allow individuals to socially adapt and become control in situation?

I dare you to walk around and notice those individuals and take a moment. Look around the grocery store or the shopping mall. How many people are socially inept? What is the difference if the shopping mall was in the MUD, RPG, or MMPORG?