Facebook...a Dateline special waiting to happen.

The only reading that really stood out as original to me was the one that compared the differences between online communities to classic "hang out" areas. Slowly, our public areas are becoming more and more unsafe for children to interact with others in. (My home town doesn't have trick-or-treating...but instead trunk-or-treating. Set on main street, versus walking from house to house.) In my eyes, the internet is a modern version of trunk-or-treating. The safety of our children can be protected more through the use of a computer than if they were to actually go to a mall...hang out...and potentially be captured by The Predator... I guess the point I am actually trying to make here is that yes..the Internet is unsafe..yes you can find information on there about anyone else...but you have control over the information that you share. YOU decide what you want people to know. YOU can eliminate the risk of them finding your home address... When you enter the world of "reality" that wall of protection is destroyed and you are being thrown out there to the world. A "predator" can rape..mame..mug..kill...do whatever they want to a person without that persons discretion. Whereas to do this over the interwebs, you must allow that connection and let them into your life...