What cyberfolk talk about is everything. The computer monitor is like a safety screen, encouraging intimacy and confessions. I've had more candid and profound conversations with cyberfriends than I've had with members of my own family. The only thing I have to do to dress for this appointment is to tell her I'm wearing a red silk pants suit and pearls. My frayed t-shirt is concealed by my monitor.
Invisibility can be a liberating and positive force.
It promotes the intellectual notion that bodies don't matter when minds are in synch. It was months before my pal Chris told me he's a quadriplegic. Had I met Chris anywhere else, the wheelchair would have distracted me from the man. On-line, I met the man, not his disabilities. But anonymity also creates problems, especially when your imagination fills in the information that your senses don't receive.