Friend or Foe

"The Internet is always a willing listener, it's very seductive. You can do it in the middle of the night when you can't sleep, you can do it when you're tired without any makeup. And you forget who can see the things you're writing, you forget the impact it may have on your life and on others. To you, it's you and the Internet and the people you want to read it, not necessarily everyone who does."

-Parry Aftab

I've been thinking about this an awful lot these days, I don't know if it is because I have a daughter that is going to be a teenager soon or what. I see people mindlessly putting their ENTIRE lives online, down to what they are doing by the hour before it has happened. It's like they are inviting predators. That is incredibly scary to me and I know I'm probably being hyper dramatic about it. I know people get to be who they want to be and paint whatever picture they want for people but the fact of the matter still remains that there are no lifeguards on the Internet. It's still a very dangerous place to be. You think you're safe because you are in your own home typing away, but how many people put on here exactly where they live, what they drive, when they are home alone, when they aren't home. I don't want my kids to be naive to the fact that because they log onto a networking site it is personal. Nothing is personal online, except maybe the different personalities you take on in the cyberworld rather than in person. I know I'm not a victim to this, but it really is scary seeing what kids and people in general are willing to put online.

School makes me think about some crazy things!!!