Face to Face/Fingers to Fingers

When you talk to someone you are held accountable for what you have said. It does not matter whether you have talked to them with your fingers or with your face, you still have to back up what you said. When you communicate with someone face to face, they will know who you are, so people are less inclined to say things that will start a convtoversy. However, because the internet makes it so easy for someone to pretend to be someone else, they are less inclined to steer their communications away from causing a controversy. People who communicate on the internet, unless they do so under their real identity, have almost no accountability for what they say.

Because pre-judgments are almost solely based on appearance, communications that are face to face between people who are strangers tend to not be as useful because people will not listen to people who they would pre-judge to be less intelligent or less informed than they are. With finger based communication, there is so much less of a opportunity for someone to be prejudged because of their appearence, so people who look 'weird' will have a far better chance to get their message accross online than they ever would in a face to face situation.

It definielty matters if an interaction happens face to face. Neither form is truly better than the other, but they do both have their advantages. The internet is great for expressing ideas that are controversial while real world incounters are ideal for getting across information that you want people to see as legitimate.