How well or bad has the internet changed your life??
By loxion
@loxion (1553)
India
November 23, 2008 9:24pm CST
I believe one way or the other the net has changed people's lives in a significant ways. Can you really identify the things that you can say...this is what the internet has made me achieve or this is how the internet has changed my life because now i am able to do 1,2,3.
Well for me I'm still new to the internet and there aren't that much that i can point out to say this is what got from the net, except that the internet has made me stay at home just to be away from lot of people like i use to when i didn't have access to the net.
Now can you identify some good or bad things that you will say you got from the internet?
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19 responses
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
24 Nov 08
If it wasnt for the internet I would have never met my husband (been together for 7 years now) I would not have many of my on line and now real life friends. The internet keeps me informed of what is going on. Gives me an oportunity to find any information I need. Gives me chance to be in tuch with what is going on my my old country and keep in touch with my family and friends.
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@loxion (1553)
• India
24 Nov 08
Wow, you met your husband on the net and now you live together? i think that one is classic. I never believe that i could find anyone from online dating because i feel that most of them are lying about their identity and even where they live, but i think yours is classic.
And again communicating with old time friends the net can help to be in touch with those people, especially if they are from abroad, you can always know how is life there and know what's happening
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
24 Nov 08
we didnt met on dating sites it was pure chance. It was on forum that we met and yes I never belived it would happen but here we are almost 6 years since we said I do with 1 child who is 5 and another one on its way.
@loxion (1553)
• India
25 Nov 08
Wow, that's wonderful, and i think the dating is where you will get lot of people who will just tell you lies, i mean people there already know what the other person wants which is love and most of them will fool that person in telling lies.
But on forums like here on mylot, i think is a great way to know somebody better because then the other person who is interested might monitor you and finally realize that this is the person i might spend my life with and by the time they approach you...you will be surprised that they at-least know a little about what you like and don't
Thanks for sharing Violata
@carmelsuarez (329)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
Internet changes my life for the better. I am not that fanatic over something. It actually helped me to see the world and I am affected in a good way. Its just bad to hear that some othere people usus internet the worst way. Bad for them perhaps they dont know how to use this. They need an oline eduacation on how to use it the proper way. lol!
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@brew2x (3094)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
I'm really glad that internet has been created. It's really convenient in many ways. You can apply for jobs through it, communicate with people all over the world, you can use it for your research works and assignments and will take just a little of your time compared to browsing over encyclopedias and books in the library and you can earn money through it ;)
@loxion (1553)
• India
24 Nov 08
One other important tool about internet is the fact that we can apply for jobs and hopefully get our dream jobs, communication is also important as you said and again the communication category has been bettered with the introduction of internet calls and better voice communication in messengers.
How much can you make per month online, Brew?
@vicky30 (4766)
• India
24 Nov 08
Good thing about internet is that it makes me earn money.It also makes chat with my friends through messengers.It also helps me check my mails and respond to them.When i'm bored it entertains me through online games.
Bad things about internet.We get so addicted to internet that we don't go out and see our friends.
@loxion (1553)
• India
24 Nov 08
Yes addiction could sometimes separate us with our friends, but i think if you can give yourself time..this time is when i want to see myself online and this is the time which i may do other things like visiting friends, then that way you can manage and have a balanced way to handle those things.
As for making money for me I'm still new to the online money making and still trying to find my way and to find some legit sites to work, maybe you know others, Vicky?
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@AndrewFreyne (6281)
• United Kingdom
24 Nov 08
I just love the good old Internet! It really is starting to change my life too, I think! I just love to write and the Internet has made this possible. I have submitted several articles and it's giving me some hope that one day I may eventually become a published writer. There is a truth about the Internet though that it does tend to take up a lot of time and I guess it does have the habit of keeping you away from socialising! However, I socialise online with lots of friends and I'm pretty happy with the way things are going! Andrew
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@loxion (1553)
• India
24 Nov 08
Wow, i hope you get to publish a book one day as that is your dream and I'm sure the net is a great way to market yourself and get more information about how to get things done.
And again keeping in touch with friends and family has always been made better and better everyday, although it might keep us away from socializing other friends face to face, but i think there is no big difference when chating with fiends here.
Good luck
@hildas (3031)
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24 Nov 08
I think the internet has changed my life for good and for bad reasons.
Well for good reasons, I have met long lost School friends on youtube and bebo, that I would of never found. I can work, do my shopping, research things on here. I do not have to buy newspapers either, I can just read the news on here everyday for free. I can keep in touch with my family also. I can do my grocery shopping and bank on the internet. My phone bills are far cheaper too.
The bad ways it has changed me is that I am getting fat because I am sitting on here too much. I do not watch television. It is very addictive and I do not spend much time with my family and friends now.
Overall though it is an amazing invention I cannot live without.
@loxion (1553)
• India
24 Nov 08
I hope you do your shopping safely because for me is totally a different story, i find it scary to buy or do online shopping because i know there are many bad people who are always looking to access our banking details and obviously steal our money.
I realize that it can be cheap or cost effective to do shopping online but I'm totally not sure about the whole online shopping
I hope you do some exercises whenever you not online to keep fit and avoid the fat thing you mentioned here
As for the Avatar, yes this is the real me, lot of people were just wondering who is behind that scary photo i do put on later but yes here i am, after I've heard lot of people saying it is scary so i decided to change it.Hurray!!
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Well, I have had access now to the Internet for over 10 yrs. now. Sometimes I find it hard remembering what life was like before the Internet for sure. I started out with WEBTV and then moved to a Computer in 1999 and have been online with a Computer ever since.
For me, it has truly opened my door to New horizons. I have made many wonderful friends over this time, and even met some of them as well. I have learned a lot of New things, learned how to Write better, and also made some Extra $$ along the way as well. I have tried a lot of online Business things over time, and some I have done OK with and then there are some I need not talk about as well.
But overall, I truly would miss my Computer and the Internet if I was not online, and all of my wonderful friends. To me, this is the way to a whole new world most will never know existed before hand as well.
@mssnow (9484)
• United States
25 Nov 08
I started using the internet 11 years ago. I discovered chat rooms. I love to chat and im very social so NOW i was able to chat with anyone from all over the world. It was wonderful. Being a young mother with three young boys and not getting out much the internet really help my social skills.It was weird, because after being on the net for a while. I found when i was out riding the bus. I could chat with anyone. I think i got more confidence beacuse people on teh net actually liked my sense of humor. lol So I would have to say teh net boosted my confidence level.
@loxion (1553)
• India
25 Nov 08
Wow, 11 years? that is a record to me because I've only started 2 years ago and what i can thank about the net so far is the fact that now i can speak my English fluently and with confidence, i mean i did knew to write it very well but when it come to speaking it it was terrible, i would badly pronounce some of the words and i was too ashamed to speak English when communicating with other people
But now, wow only 2 years down the road i can confidently speak in public places.
I hope those boys don't stress you because i know how boys are, "boys will be boys" good luck and take care
@littleone3 (2063)
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24 Nov 08
If we didn't have the internet i would have never met my partner in a family chat room we have been together three and a half years now. We live together and we have a two year old son together. Apart from my children he is the best thing that has happened to me.
The internet is also good because it means i am able to stay in touch with two of my close friends who have moved away. I have also made some very good friends online.
The only bad thing i can think of is that some people use it to bully others online this happened to my friends daughter she was bullied at school and they carried it on over the internet, but it did get sorted out in the end.
@loxion (1553)
• India
25 Nov 08
Wow, meeting your partner online? i think you are the third person i heard that they met their partners online and stay happily with them, for me at certain times i find it difficult to believe what the person i just met online tells me, i mean I've heard lot of stories about people not telling their real identity and all bad things and to make things worse i also met few people whom I've realized afterward that they were not telling the truth about their identity.
But lucky you...wow thanks for sharing Littleone
@ying_johnny (123)
• China
25 Nov 08
I don't knwo internet untill my college school time. I just know chatting at the beginning and later I know more about it but litmited to play. After school, I started to meet the need of money and searching for ways of earn online. My last job also concern about internet and now I couldn't leave it even one day
@loxion (1553)
• India
25 Nov 08
Wow, are you saying that you got online job? please share with me the site you got your job, I've always wanted to make a good living out of the net, but so far I've only came across lot of scam sites until i found out about mylot and that is where i have been almost everyday.And i don't think i make much here on mylot, so i'm looking for those sites that really pays and you can get paid a nice salary
@apples99 (6556)
• United States
24 Nov 08
I'm still a little new to the net also, I pretty much had to teach myself how to use the computer, I love the net its so easy to do lot of things and its so much fun I love to play around with my windows media player and brows and search. once I finally figured out how to use the computer, I was hooked I have had my computer for a little over a year now it has a few glitches now, and then, but its awesome.
@loxion (1553)
• India
25 Nov 08
I'm new too as i said, and i also found that you can get information about everything that we can imagine of, but also i have found it can really get worse when you are someone like me who is always willing and looking to make that extra dollar online, i mean i had to go through all the scam site, just imagine not knowing anything about people stealing other people's money here, but lucky me i never lost anything.
I hope you get even better on using computer and the net and stay safe
@rizzu87 (860)
• Malaysia
25 Nov 08
Internet for me the most important thing apart from the human beings that i love the most. at this stage of life when i am a student this is the most important thing. I mean nowadays i am studying eating and using internet and nothing else. i spend time on finding ways to earn money online and increase my general knowledge regarding different issues. And believe me it has given me alot of knowledge!!
@loxion (1553)
• India
25 Nov 08
Yes that is 100% true "increasing general knowledge", i mean we learn new words, new languages and know how other people live in different parts of the world, and can always come handy for someone's like you who are students because then you can make researches on certain projects relating to your studies
I hope you pass on your studies and good luck
@chiaeugene (2225)
• China
25 Nov 08
it has make life easier for us. i can do online banking and payment of bills without leaving the house and also online shoppings now. i dun like shopping and hate walking around in the mall and now my wife is using internet to make purchases online and i think it is great. also i can watch any movie i want from the net without paying and have access to news, latest info etc on whatever issues i need to know so life is definitely better with internet
@loxion (1553)
• India
25 Nov 08
Getting the latest news on what's happening around the globe has been better and we now access that from the tip of our fingers
But one thing that I'm really scared and you've mentioned here is doing internet banking's and paying bills online, i mean for me is scary because then when revealing your details to the next person is just make me scared, even though i might trust that company or person i buy from but gosh is just scary for me.
What i do is that i look for products online and compare prices and look for the nearest store where i can get what I'm looking for in a cheap price, i then go in person to that shop and purchase.
But I'm thinking of trying online shopping because i believe it saves lot of time but atleast not now.
@raven66 (335)
• Canada
24 Nov 08
I find sometimes that I get to carried away in some sites!!.. time flies and if Im not carefull it gets out of hand in here(internet). So now I try not to be in for more then 2 or 3 hours per day.
It has affected me in that, I am learning about all sorts of interesting topics , and I really enjoy the photography.
@annjilena (5618)
• United States
24 Nov 08
the internet has changed many people lives back in the 1930 they didn,t have computer when we went into a reccession if the people back then had the internet then so many people wouldn,t have been throwing themselves out the window.they could have just talked to someone online and they could have been a live.the internet is theurpautic for many people the computer has saved many lives all you have to do when you feeling down is go talk to someone who is not going to put you down they are not charging you to listen the internet really have changed many lives young and old.
@cryw0lf (1302)
• United Kingdom
24 Nov 08
The best thing ever happened to me via the internet- as it is where i met my partner. (Also as someone above said ;]).
Without my partner i would not be the person i am today- he gives me hope and happiness- and wills me to do things i would never have dreamed of doing.
He inspires me in my writing, as well as inspiring me to draw- take photos, and even start up a new hobby of gardening.
I think no matter what happens on the internet now- it's always going to be great for me.
@loxion (1553)
• India
24 Nov 08
Wow, that's what i call lucky people, i mean people can really meet each other on the net and finally marry and have a great family?. For me i always found it strange to get someone online because I've always believe that it is only a play and you cannot get anything serious out of that, nut like you said you are the second person I've heard that they met their partners online and became one big family.
I hope there are still great things you find useful through the net as you said and enjoy but one important thing, stay safe
@underdogtoo (9579)
• Philippines
24 Nov 08
I am very much into the internet. I spend a few hours on it and it keeps me occupied as well as well-informed. I don't think I can go back to a world without the internet. Cheers!!
@loxion (1553)
• India
24 Nov 08
Keep on being informed, i think the internet is like enjoy what we most like, meaning...once addicted we don't want to go back to what or how we used to live, is like we found new hobby where we just want to be clued to it every now and then and getting information on everything that we want, making researches and find that product that we always wanted and getting a chance to buy it or know more info about it.
@loxion (1553)
• India
24 Nov 08
I think earning is part of the opportunities most of us want to grab but that section is always dangerous because we all know what a scam site can do, i hope you take good care when looking for opportunities to make money online.
I just wonder how much you really make through the net because for me i find it difficult to earn that much to pay for my debts
@theembittered (1025)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Hello, the good things of internet is you can talk with your family if you live in china and your family in usa you can talk by instant messages, you can earn some extra money, meet new friends new people, you can buy things that you like it and you can't find in your country and the bad things well you maybe can spend to much time in the internet and have no life and a lot of other bad things i cant remember now:| lol. Well have a nice day and see you soon ;)
@loxion (1553)
• India
24 Nov 08
Yes you can always be in touch with friends and family whoa re abroad and for me that's the most important thing the internet can do to us.
Earning can also be added to this exciting world of online communication but i think when it come to that..we will always meet with monsters and bad people who are always looking to rip us off.
Again online shopping can sometimes be dangerous as there are bad guys looking to grab any valuable information that we supply on the net, i hope you stay safe when you do your online shopping