Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Online Networking - A boon or a bane?

There’s more to online networking than catching up with friends, the darker side to this form of so-called virtual social interaction. Wondering what this is all about? You are sure not to miss this article - click here.

It is really unfortunate that a network community that once helped me find my good old friends, some of whom I happened to meet after more than a decade is now turning into a virtual mess. A few things that your profile in the networking site can reveal to a stranger are your name, age, frraands (that's how the word 'friend' is usually referred to as by many in this community), interests, school, college, girl friend(s)/boy friend(s), family snaps, location up to the level of which street you are in and some of your well-kept childhood secrets. I mean everything.

Sounds like a devil in disguise? Well not really. As far as you know what to put and what not place in your profile, things are just going to be fine, hopefully. So what's the whole deal about this new virtual interaction - a boon or a bane?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

pros : all information at ur hands, and company can sue u for ur behavior outside.reflects kind of personality and generally shy people can exibit all that hidden art and lust and what not on their network / blogs. its good.
but when it comes to disguising and fooling, it becomes worst.. i will put afterwards in hurry now...

sansmerci said...

its def a boon to ppl who wanna keep in touch with the world wen they r actually away from it .. about the details tht reveals its completely upto u to decide wat u want the world to kno about u, how u want ppl to judge u, which they do neways!!

Partha said...

There are a lot of things that are good abt this, this is where i met the whole bunch of my old frnds! But yeah everything gets misused someway or the other..
and yeah, as long as ppl are aware of wht to put and wht not to, things are gonna be good.