Before reading David Brooks' article, I had no idea that there was such a thing as online sex diaries. The fact that the individuals involved in the online diaries, “use their cellphones to disaggregate, slice up, and repackage their emotional and physical needs, servicing each with a different partner, and hoping to come out ahead,” is really insane. David Brook describes the interaction between individuals of the online self-serve escort service as, "fluid, like an eBay auction. This leads to a series of marketing strategies. You don’t want to appear too enthusiastic. You want to invent detached nicknames for partners." There is strategy involved in the relationships, like an adult rated game. Individuals who participate in online sex blogs "are free agents in a competitive arena marked by ambiguous relationships. Social life comes to resemble economics, with people enmeshed in blizzards of supply and demand signals amidst a universe of potential partners." There are no longer social restrictions placed upon meeting up with another individual. For example, the ideal of being with one person and commiting to the one individual is thrown out of the door. "The opportunity to contact many people at once seems to encourage compartmentalization, as people try to establish different kinds of romantic attachments with different people at the same time."
This is becasue texting makes communication impersonal.You can not see or hear the individual that is conversing with you. How much can really be said about a person in 140-160 characters? There is no way that someone can really know a person through texting!! David Brooks continues the idea of numerous relationships at once by relating it to comparison shopping. The people who use the online sex diaries can compare and contrast potential mates and select his/her favorite. But what I would like to know is whatever happened to meeting potential mates at a social gathering? The whole idea of online sex diaries is completely repulsive! It takes away the fun of getting to know a person! I will close with the most interesting quote of David Brooks' article:
"Today’s technology seems to threaten the sort of recurring and stable reciprocity that is the building block of trust."
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