Internet Population

Who do you meet when you’re online? Haha. Actually, in my personal experience, I can’t say that I have met anyone new thru the internet. If “meeting someone” would mean seeing them face to face, then nobody new friend for me. I haven’t really tried joining chat rooms where you meet random people most of the time people with the same interest. However, if “meeting someone” means knowing somebody new disregarding the way you met him or her, well I know we have all met so many people thru the net. I personally view profiles of people I don’t know just out of curiosity. I add them to be my friend on social networking sites when I discover that I have met him or her before or if he or she is related to anyone I know. With all the people roaming around the net, you would definitely find people of every characteristic you might want to know.

However, there is still a certain danger when you think about the internet population. Not everyone is innocent in terms of crimes. There are many cases where there are identity theft and even scams that are directed thru the internet. People steal other people’s identity and use them when doing illegal things. Just imagine how bad the person, whose name had been stolen, would feel. There are many spam messages sent to people everyday some of them asking for your personal information or even asking for money. That is why there have been many alterations to providing the security of the internet users to at least decrease the number of crimes done thru the net.

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Enough of all the bad stuff, there are also a lot of things to be thankful of when discovering the internet population. One thing it that it’s nice that celebrities and politicians themselves have their own sites or accounts in social networking site (as far as we know) like Katy Perry, Ellen DeGeneres, Anne Hathaway, or Pres. Barack Obama. Even if they are not the ones always using those accounts it would still have the same effect to people because it would bear their names. Fans follow their favourite artists and politicians by joining fan sites and fan groups found all over the internet. Another thing is the opportunity that it may open for you. Since you have the chance to be able to talk to people outside the country, it may open new doors to your improvement in life and as an individual. Also you are able to reconnect with former loves and former friends that you haven’t seen for so long. Aside from these benefits, the diversity of people who meet through the internet would help a person understand other cultures and relate to them as well. The internet population offers diversity mixed with both good and bad implications of the accessibility of the net.

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