Bulleting boards- these are similar to msn messenger, other than the fact that these sites are focused on one particular topic. Anyone can join these bulletin boards and discussion is there for people to find out information as well as just to have a simple conversation about something people find interesting. Anyone can join these groups- this count mean that they are unsafe? what does everyone else think here? The fact that anyone can join from anywhere in the world means that people could easily give out false information. Am i just over-exaggerating? (I usually do!)
Usenet is a way that only certain people with the right software can use. This already says that the people who use it are limited. This could mean possibly that it is a safer site to use, as there are not as many people on it.
I have never heard of usenet- however, i have heard of bulletin boards and have probably been on one without even noticing!
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There's usually a moderator or owner who okays the membership, isn't there? Maybe the more pressing question is why we are afraid of liars on the web? Don't people you meet lie IRL? Presumably we can "read" people better by their physicality than from their posts!!
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Megan Nisbet
yeh i guess there is a moderator. there have been many of my friends who have pretended to be people they are not though. if you put a fake name who are they to say you are lying. There are a lot of problems when it comes to facebook and liars and privacy is a problem.
In fact recently ive had to take off my birthday on facebook, because apparently there are fraud and identity theft issues where people can steal your details.
I agree with sue's comment though, as a society, we are always worried about things such as fake identies online. It shouldn't be like that its silly!
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