Posted by Tamar on October 16, 2005, at 20:03:45
In reply to Re: Social Board » Tamar, posted by alexandra_k on October 16, 2005, at 18:01:54
> Acts of kindness from random strangers...
> Can lead to one feeling uneasy
>
> But...
> Do you feel a little flattered as well?No. I don’t feel flattered. I only feel uncomfortable. And I don’t usually feel uneasy at acts of kindness from random strangers… but this doesn’t feel like an act of kindness. It feels intrusive.
> I think...
> It was a compliment :-)I wouldn’t feel it was a compliment if a complete stranger hugged me in the street, and I don’t feel it’s a compliment if a stranger cyberhugs me. Maybe I’m unusual, but that’s just how I feel. I like to establish at least some kind of connection before cyberintimacy.
And as it turned out, it seems the poster in question was a blocked poster posting under a new name, as other people apparently suspected. So I definitely don’t see much of a compliment there. I find it rather creepy, actually.
Tamar
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