Typical thoughts about the world involve generalizing specific events to global trends. In other words, the individual might think, The Internet is the only place I am respected, Nobody loves me offline, the Internet is my only friend, or People treat me badly offline. There are several technologies and applications that people have become addicted to on the Internet. Online Sex . Perhaps the most frequently reported addiction is to online sexual materials.
Pornography is pervasive on the Internet, and readily available for anyone at any time.
Moreover, access to this material is made completely anonymously and without the threat of social retribution. So, some Internet addicts collect and trade pornographic images and movies online. There have been reports of users collecting hundreds of thousands of pornographic pictures online. Often, they will not even look at the pictures. Instead, the thrill is in the act of collecting and trading these images, and the massive amounts of collected materials only serve as either a vehicle to attain more or a record of the taboo behavior.