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We've been through this before but thanks anyway. 

TheGenius95 wrote:

We have talks about this every year at school, and every year I get more scared of the internet.  There's a reason I don't have a facebook account, and it's because I don't walk stalkers to find me.  I'll get one in a few years, though.

Yeah - our school already had two speeches about bullying, and online social networking.

Mark Brown, somebody who used to be the #1 Public Speaker in the world, came to our school to talk about bullying, and somebody from the District of Attorneys of Massachusetts or something like that came, and she talked about social networking, and being safe and stuff.

One story she had to tell was about how this Adult (Policeman) and Girl were chatting on facebook or something. This isn't the exact story, but it was something like this. So they started talking about soccer, and the guy said "Jeez, I HATE the color of my soccer shirt - it's red, like, for girls!" and the girl replied "Yeah, well I have green, my favorite color!". Then, the guy said "And the number? It's just terrible - it's 13, like Friday the 13th!" and the girl said "Yeah, well I have 11 - my favorite number!". Then, the guy said "Plus, the soccer field I train at is like far away, and it usually rains, so it's just such a pain to play and get there". The girl replied "Lucky me, mine is right down my street - I live at [address] and my soccer field is just down the street!". Lastly, the guy said "And the timing is bad - it's usually early in the morning, so I have no time to get ready - and it's on Saturdays!". The girl replied "Yeah, well, mine is on 12:00 on Sundays! It's just great!". So the guy said he had to go, and then, the guy went to the soccer game on Sunday at 12:00, and found the girl, but being a police officer, he didn't do anything, but did teach the girl and parents to be more safe on the internet  . So it just proves that you really shouldn't give out very much information.

juststickman wrote:

You're on a social networking site. Maybe a few people will have this happen to them. Think about what could happen if you walked outside...
-You could get hit by lightning
-You could get hit by a meteor
-You could get hit by hail
-A mugger could attack you
-You could trip and hurt yourself
-You could bump into something that would hurt you
Etc.\

reminds me of an article about how university of colorado at boulder banned nerf guns for humans vs zombies. let me find that...
cant find it    but I remember they had a list of hat they should ban next. one of them was pencils. you'll poke your eye out!
I don't get the email part either. they can spam you, but they can't find you unless you talk to them 

Last edited by 16Skittles (2010-06-11 12:29:27)

My point is that you're talking to an absolute stranger,  and I'm a stranger to you, you're a stranger to me. You don't know who you're talking to ... and it's happened before. I can't bear the thought of that happening...

TheSaint wrote:

Muahahaha, you found me out. 

lol 

Edit: The examples are kinda silly. Like JustStickman said, it's like getting hit by a meteor.

Edit2: Wanna hang out? My address is £*(%^£*(%^*(£$ meet me down the park at 1:15 

Last edited by Stickman704 (2010-06-19 13:02:54)

fg123 wrote:

Lol. It should be "Wanna hang out? My address is [removed] meet me down the park at 1:15"

Wow I like football too. I go to [removed] every sunday at 15:00 and 36 seconds. I will be at GPS coordinatate 384937347. If you want to murder me, you'll have to ask niceely 

I'm not saying you're wrong, but you're not entirely true. Not everyone onthe Internet is a creepy old man trying to prey on kids- you have to have some faith in people. I met one of my best friends online, on RuneScape (don't judge me.). I'd known him and frequently talked to him online for like 4 years, and just recently he moved like an hour and a half away from me (coincidentally) and now we hang out all the time. Granted, he's two years older than me, but what are you gonna do.

All I'm saying is it's ok to talk to people online, but like you said, don't give out your cellphone or adress.

Star_the_fox wrote:

I don't have a facebook, myspace etc... But I do have a twitter. i didn't post anything on it, really.... nothing. not even my name. Only the    that goes on in my life. But I use scratch for that, mostly. I rave on the Miscellanious, and the tbg's

http://twitter.com/star_the_fox?

Star_the_fox wrote:

Who else? 

Star the wolf? oh my 

Jade20000 wrote:

Person no1 : hi evry1 wnna chat
Person no2 : sur howz u
Person no1 : gdgd u
Person no1 : gd wnna meet up smewhere cuz im bord
Person no2 : yea i live at ** *********** road
Person no1 : im at ** ******** avenue were near thre meet at ur place
Person no2 : kwl.... so um wats ur name?

can somebody please translate this into english for me? google can't translate from obsessive texter. ( no offence, but it's true. I have absolutely no clue what you just wrote there.)
(I have never had a cell phone, my parents cell phone is at least 5 years old, doesn't flip open, doesn't text, it's actually more of a phone. it doesn't have all this extra stuff on it. (that makes you pay more for it.) )

Last edited by 16Skittles (2010-06-25 18:16:41)

16Skittles wrote:

Jade20000 wrote:

Person no1 : hi evry1 wnna chat
Person no2 : sur howz u
Person no1 : gdgd u
Person no1 : gd wnna meet up smewhere cuz im bord
Person no2 : yea i live at ** *********** road
Person no1 : im at ** ******** avenue were near thre meet at ur place
Person no2 : kwl.... so um wats ur name?

can somebody please translate this into english for me? google can't translate from obsessive texter. ( no offence, but it's true. I have absolutely no clue what you just wrote there.)
(I have never had a cell phone, my parents cell phone is at least 5 years old, doesn't flip open, doesn't text, it's actually more of a phone. it doesn't have all this extra stuff on it. (that makes you pay more for it.) )

Loads of people talk like that online, it's annoying. It translates...
Person no1 : Hi everyone! Want to chat?
Person no2 : Sure! How are you?
Person no1 : Good, good. You?
Person no1 : Good. Want to meet up somewhere because I'm bored.
Person no2 : Yeah. I live at ** ************* Road.
Person no1 : I'm at ** ******** Avenue. We're near each other. Meet at your house!
Person no2 : Cool... So... what's your name?

No offence taken, by the way. I actually type normally not lke dis. Thanks!

...lol.....  i have a facebook and twitter and such.... lol  idc about internet safety too muchz    methinks you iz all paranoid (in a differefnt way from me XD)