Whenever I sign up to social sites, I always go for private settings because I post pictures of myself, my friends, and my relatives on them and I don’t want to risk some sick people getting the wrong idea. Crazy intranetters steal pictures and we all know that. I don’t want strangers steal my pictures and use them as their identity. Yeah, I post my photos here on my blog but they are all rated GP. lol. Have you ever seen a naked pic here? hah.
This is Internet. Scary. I know it’s crazy but it’s true.
I can understand why some people choose for their accounts to be public though. These people don’t mind at all getting messages from strangers because they love meeting new people. It is just something they’ve chosen for their own. Or maybe they just don’t know how to set it in private. lol.
I found a new site. You get to create a Free Blog. When you sign up and set your profile to private, you get to see this message in red: This profile is private. You cannot view it. It’s perfect for me who loves to be viewed only by my friends or family. Even the mugshot or avatar was hidden unlike the others. It’s not just a free blog but also you could upload your photos, videos and podcasts as well.
February 1st, 2008 at 12:18 pm
How interesting…
February 1st, 2008 at 8:54 pm
As much as possible I separate my online identity from my offline. I don’t want people that I know personally especially those people that I met recently to see my blog, etc. As for those people that I knew online, only a few who are privileged have the accesses to my accounts all over the Internet.