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<blockquote data-quote="ss7mm" data-source="post: 452368" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>I always hear a lot of people say how bad Facebook and other social network sites are. </p><p></p><p>Now, if someone would be so kind, can you please tell me how Facebook, or another social network site, can be so bad if you aren't stupid enough to put way too much information on it and thus make it available to just about anybody?</p><p></p><p>I feel that a Facebook account, and the related posts, is only what you make it. You can reveal you whole life's history and your daily actions in addition to all of your very personal information if you are crazy enough to do so. If you don't put info on it other than what you are willing for the whole world to see, then what is it about Facebook and similar sites that is so damaging and terrible?</p><p></p><p>You can put way too much info on LongRangeHunting if you are goofy enough and to my way of thinking that is no different than putting way too much info on one of the social network sites.</p><p></p><p>This is an age wherein electronic communication is constantly changing. If you don't believe it just ask the post office why their mail delivery is down from what it used to be. Young people especially nowdays live by their computers and especially their phones. In my case I have kids, grandkids and friends that thrive on electronic gadgets and thus texting, email, and the dreaded Facebook are a way to communicate with them on a level that they like and understand. Try asking your granddaughter to communicate with you only by letters or a phone call and you'll hear from her way less often than if you use her preferred methods.</p><p></p><p>I can remember when there were no cell phones and also when they first became available. I heard all about how bad they were and all of the supposed horror stories about them but guess what, the vast majority of people now have and use a cell phone. I'd be lost without mine and I'm glad the old party line phones faded into oblivion. I can also say the same thing about computers as I had one of the original Radio Shack #1 computers and heard from then on about their limitations and that they were no good and would never amount to anything, and now........guess what......you're reading this on one of those newfangled contraptions.</p><p></p><p>I guess to each his own but I'd still like to know if there is something I don't know about a social networking site that can do so much harm if one is smart enough about what they put on it and who they even allow to see what they put on line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ss7mm, post: 452368, member: 5"] I always hear a lot of people say how bad Facebook and other social network sites are. Now, if someone would be so kind, can you please tell me how Facebook, or another social network site, can be so bad if you aren't stupid enough to put way too much information on it and thus make it available to just about anybody? I feel that a Facebook account, and the related posts, is only what you make it. You can reveal you whole life's history and your daily actions in addition to all of your very personal information if you are crazy enough to do so. If you don't put info on it other than what you are willing for the whole world to see, then what is it about Facebook and similar sites that is so damaging and terrible? You can put way too much info on LongRangeHunting if you are goofy enough and to my way of thinking that is no different than putting way too much info on one of the social network sites. This is an age wherein electronic communication is constantly changing. If you don't believe it just ask the post office why their mail delivery is down from what it used to be. Young people especially nowdays live by their computers and especially their phones. In my case I have kids, grandkids and friends that thrive on electronic gadgets and thus texting, email, and the dreaded Facebook are a way to communicate with them on a level that they like and understand. Try asking your granddaughter to communicate with you only by letters or a phone call and you'll hear from her way less often than if you use her preferred methods. I can remember when there were no cell phones and also when they first became available. I heard all about how bad they were and all of the supposed horror stories about them but guess what, the vast majority of people now have and use a cell phone. I'd be lost without mine and I'm glad the old party line phones faded into oblivion. I can also say the same thing about computers as I had one of the original Radio Shack #1 computers and heard from then on about their limitations and that they were no good and would never amount to anything, and now........guess what......you're reading this on one of those newfangled contraptions. I guess to each his own but I'd still like to know if there is something I don't know about a social networking site that can do so much harm if one is smart enough about what they put on it and who they even allow to see what they put on line. [/QUOTE]
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