Websites can help to show solutions of a person’s problems. If a person needs help on something, he/she can post the question on the website. Within a matter of time, an “expert” responds to the question, and then people with similar problems can use that example to solve their own problems. Ranking is judged by the people who read the question. If an expert got the high ranking then he or she gets the small cash prize. However, problems are found out before Marcus called “experts.” Some people lie about their age and pretend to be experts on subjects that they have no knowledge or previous education. A similar case occurred when “15-year-old Marcus Arnold offered his reply to those questions, and a thousand or so more besides” (Lewis, 2001, p.289).

I try to convince people that a relationship without a "tangible existence in the world outside the realm of CMC where you cannot touch, smell and meet face-to-face" (Schwartz, 1999, p.235) is not real; it’s just something lying, hiding the truth, dishonesty. In the real world, we can shake hands before we start a conversation, we can hug someone to show that we care, we can put our hands on their back to give emotional support, we can smell our lover’s perfume and kiss when we fall in love. On the other side, CMC cannot provide the sense of touch or smell when communicating with someone. For me, I can’t really trust the chat room friend because I can’t understand him/her completely by the words from the monitor. However, I can trust somebody by eyesight; I can feel his/her personality by the body language.

E-mail has provided us with a method of sending and receiving mail without a stamp and time delay by the postal service which now can be avoided. E-mail can also help to make love connections “because it

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