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by dr_zoidberg
2181 days ago
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With one of my best friends we met playing online games and we developed trust between each other by force of voicechat and game-specific trust-based mechanics (remember those Portal 2 game trailers?[0] Well that kind of stuff, but along many different online games). When we met in person it was like we'd known each other for years because we had known each other for years. I think the issue here could be related to the dissonance of seeing a face, the brain expecting eye contact, but being totally unable to get it because of technological limitations. Since the brain doesn't have any other "source of trust" for that face (be that the voice, past behavior/experiences, having met that person to being with) it clicks the "do not trust (entirely)" response. Of course I'm not a psychologist/psychiatrist/neurological MD and I'm talking entirely from my experience. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZMSAzZ76EU |
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