As I was searching CNN.com for interesting articles, I came upon a article regarding the very popular student site, Facebook.com. The article states that Facebook.com is beneficial for new college students as it allows these students to meet their future peers through the Internet, before actually meeting in person. After reading the article and the testimonials of several college students, I agree that Facebook is beneficial to ease freshmen fears. The Facebook reader is allowed to meet people based on similar interests, whether that be as a supporter of a certain professional sports team or as an avid yoga participant.
The one problem some people see with Facebook is you never truly know if the person you are talking to is actually that person, or an impostor. However, the inventors of Facebook try to make it a safe environment for socializing. Although, many of the people you may have as friends on Facebook you may never see, let alone meet, the criteria involved in getting involved with Facebook make it difficult for perverts or pedophiles to register. However, it is not impossible, so everyone using Facebook should be aware of unknown people and to keep wary of who you are speaking to and of people you have never met that want to add you as a 'friends'. Therefore, as with most things, Facebook has its advantages, and its disadvantages.
This article is located at http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/09/07/cnnu.facebook/index.html?eref=rss_tech
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The fact of being tracked thanks to the Internet is really worrying. Every single day, Internet users post more and more information of themselves or from others, and this is really dangerous; that is why more and more campaigns are ivading people's heads convincing them not to post in the Internet. Facebook.com is a really good tool for socializing and meeting people, but pedophile networks and other "malicious" networks are killing all this sites off.
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