Facebook...dangerous? - Page 5

Originally posted by: *Woh Ajnabee*

I don't think Facebook should be banned just because some people make bad judgments or don't use caution on a social networking site just because its online - its still RL. I like facebook. I'm not addicted or on facebook all day and all night, but I definitely do use facebook to keep in touch with a lot of people all over the world. Childhood friends, high school friends, and now friends I went to college with who've moved on to grad school. In fact, facebook helped me regain touch with SO many childhood friends that I probably would never have met or talked to again if it weren't for facebook.

Facebook has enough protection on it. Make your profile totally private - heck, make yourself unsearchable if you want. I think people who leave their FB profiles open to public are looking for trouble. What is the point of showcasing your personal photos to the whole world? Arrogant, much? And if you have a private profile, make sure you only add people you KNOW and that too in real life. Not someone you met online, or someone you think you know, or anything of the sort. People who you personally know. Also, its not always necessary that everyone you know should be on facebook. For example, people like employers are probably better kept away from your personal life.

As far as vulnerable groups go, its the parents that should be keeping an eye on what their children are doing online. I say facebook shouldn't be allowed until kids are in high school. Way too much drama for kids younger than that. And as parents, it is their job to keep track of things their kids do online. Its when parents fail to do their job that youngsters become vulnerable and involved in such chaos.

Fire is also dangerous in the hands of a raving lunatic😉

Originally posted by: -Kanky-

You did the right thing, I was annoyed of Orkut and I left it. 😆 Strangely, people don't even bother to look at each other while on work or in campus but when on FB, they can easily talk for hours. My friends ask me to come online on FB at so and so time and I can't tell you how frustrated I feel. Man, FB is too much of a hype. You like an application, use it . . . don't bug people with it at least.

And the worst part, even though it's completely totally full-on useful when it comes to keeping in touch with people you don't meet often, it's more of a bane these days reason being - all people talk about is FACEBOOK. That really is annoying. 😕