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There are deep concerns that the internet, which has grown to become a big social forum, is being used to spread malware and to breach people’s privacy.
Popular social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook, Hi5, Orkut (by Google), MySpace and LinkedIn provide forums for strangers to make friends and share ideas in the virtual world.
Didn’t someone say we are what we share?
SNSs are public web-based services that allow individuals with common interests to interact freely.
Like blogs (personal websites), the content is posted by individuals. But social network sites, unlike most blogs, do not belong to the users. SNSs will allow you to meet strangers and even trace your long lost college mate.
It all began in the US, then spread to Europe and Asia before completing the adoption curve in Africa, where the social culture is expected to inject steroid to this global phenomenon.
The only setback has been skills and affordability.
The fact that the internet is by nature a public forum may not come to the mind of a teenager consumed by the intriguing profile of a newfound friend who may even be a fake to start with.
Source: Daily Nation, Kenya
