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Obviously personal responsibility is always involved in these cases, but it seems to be the way of the world these days that SOMEONE has to be blamed.

2007 was a bad year for our kids on social networking sites, and especially Bebo, because of bullying.

We took action as parents and worked with their high school, and in another local case police were called in.

Two of the hardest things to achieve were convincing the parents of other kids that their offspring could do this, and then convincing our own not to respond in kind.

This is the crux of the matter - parental responsibility!

Thanks for a great post!

Cheers!

@shotals32 Sounds like an interesting story, though I might just wait until we're a bit further away from April 1 before I believe it!

Makes one wonder about Myspace if it really is true, as it's twice the size of Facebook.

Cheers

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Unfortunately it gets worse - the whole issue with data portability and Facebook is that when you submit your information to facebook, it becomes 'theirs'.

This is where Robert Scoble got into trouble when he tried to download his contacts. According to Facebook, they owned the information.

There are other sites such as bigsight.com that collect data as well, but that are not selling it at present.

I asked the Bigsight CEO whether they had plans to on sell the information in the same manner as Wink does, but received no answer. (We'd sent quite a few emails back and forth, and that was the only question that I remember remaining unanswered).

That was back in February.

To network on Facebook, or not to network on Facebook?

On balance, I would still join Facebook today, but would be very careful with what information that I gave out.

Of course, this goes for any other site as well.

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Hey Teeg,

Thanks for the kind comments (he says as he gets over the blushing bit).

I think that friends are friends, whether they are online or offline. The thing that is lacking with online friendships is the face to face contact, but that doesn't necessarily devalue them as far as I am concerned.

The old proverb says something like 'to have a friend, one needs to be a friend...' and this applies on the internet.

As far as I am concerned Teeg, you are indeed a friend, and so it is quite natural to offer help if it's needed.

While some regard friends that they meet on social networking sites or in chat rooms as part of a list to sell to, you are someone who is quite prepared to BE a friend.

Thank you for that, and I look forward to hearing that you've fully recovered.

Cheers!

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Hi Teeg, I remember that day well!

Strangely, the rating hung around for a while, and my blog went from 0 to 2 at the same time. A while later my pr went to 3, and somewhere around the same time yours mysteriously appeared as a 3!

As Alice was wont to say, things get curiouser and curiouser...

I'm considering a similar experiment sometime as well to see what happens.

Will let you know the result!

Cheers!

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Hi Teeg,

Thanks for the generosity you've shown in displaying my link.

May it flow back to you 100 fold!

Have a great weekend!

Allan

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Hi Tinu,

I have come to know a lot of people via online social networking, and have become 'real' friends with a few.

While taking care with personal details and so on, it presents a great way to get to know others.

The basic rule has to be to treat others the way we ourselves would like to be treated.

Thanks for the link!

Have a great weekend!

Hi Teeg,

I'm 'Nicheless in Bathurst', so I write about a range of things from social networking, to relationships, Facebook, history and social issues.

I also write about people that I meet in the Blogosphere, and on Facebook.

Cheers

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Great post Teeg!

I find that RSS readers are very handy, despite a lot of people saying that they belong with the dinosaurs!

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Comment Luv has increased the number of comments that I get, and it helps to create more of a community feel too!

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Yet another Social Media site?!

It's amazing just how many there are!

I can't keep up with them all - which is why I visit here to try and catch up on the latest!

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Great article Teeg, as always!

What a lot of people don't realize is that their details can read like a jig saw puzzle. Something people can try for themselves to see how much info they have out there is to type their name into Google, and do a search for themselves.

Another, as you showed me once, is to type their username on various networking sites comes up - it can be really scary, especially in regard to birth dates and so on!

Cheers

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I think that that's a great idea Teeg!

What I'd like to see is a comparison if you like, of how different sites work.

You've written before about how Stumbleupon is more than just a bookmarking site, and how people who are used to one site then try and use a new site the same way.

I think that a series of articles like this should help a lot of people, and I wish you well with it!

Allan

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Great post Teeg!

I've actually reduced the number of Adsense ads on my site, as a) I believe that they can be a distraction, and b) once a visitor clicks them, they are gone from my site.

In future I will be writing my own ads, and using them instead of Adsense.

To you, and all of your readers, the compliments of the season, and a Great 2008!

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A great post!

It beats me how sometimes people can be so creative in their writing, and then neglect such simple means of promotion.

My traffic from Stumbleupon has fallen off a bit since I hearing people complain about submitting one's own website - I stopped doing it until I can see which way things are going to go.

In the meantime, I use a Wordpress plugin which displays the latest post of bloggers who leave a comment - whuch in turn brings them back as well!

Here's to a great 2008 for all!

Hmm - wouldn't the glove make your hand 'glisten' even more?

I think that any new situation can be nerve wracking, but one key in written communication is being sure that the other party can understand exactly what we mean.

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Wow! Does this mean that I can whistle while I surf? Thanks for the freat info - hadn't heard of this until now!

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That's a great post Teeg.

Our existing environment and mindset are usually what we go by when we encounter a new situation, and so it's only natural that this carries over to the online world as well.

I'm enjoying my Stumbleupon experience, and this is largely because of the quality of your posts on the topic!

At present I am having fun exploring BlogCatalog.com and Ma.gnolia.com. I find that as I learn my way around different sites, that I meet friends from other networks as well, and that some seem to follow mee from place to place.

Whether these sites will have the same pull as other players in the field, it is great getting to know others...

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The great thing about Stumble is the community aspect!

To me, a 'Top Stumbler' is one who stumbles interesting pages and is easy to get along with! Having the highest number of stumbles doesn't count as far as I'm concerned!

I enjoy interacting with friends, especially those with whom I do develop relationship and have things in common with.

To me, a friend is someone that I know, that I have things in common with, and that we can both add value to each others lives.

Perhaps what is needed is a 'grading' of friends? Some are allowed to get closer than others, while still others are just acquaintances that you see around the place from time to time!

The ones that bug me are the 'friends' that try to sell me something everyday. I've begun to 'unfriend' them once they start that!

I'm also sick of being bitten by vampires and werewolves, and am facing the dilemma of running out of my supply of silver bullets!

What a lot of people don't realize is that adding applications means that their details are being spread further afield every time they add them!