Another Internet story.

After reading BBC News’ article Girl's horror as 21,000 RSVP Facebook party invite, I thought really hard about what the dangers of being online really are. As a teenager in the twenty first century, the usual day for us is to do homework and be on a social networking site at some point as well.  I know that I should never give out my personal information out to anyone, but what if I didn’t know this? What if I didn’t know the dangers of being online? I know that several people do know the dangers, yet they still do things that put them at risk. So I wonder, why is this? Why do people post and give out information that they know they shouldn’t? I believe the reason is because they don’t think that anything could happen to them. They think that those things only happen to other people. The dangers of giving out information online are very high. This girl only trying to invite people to her party could have put herself in great danger. As I read this I tried to think of everything I have online. What if I had something online that could lead someone to me? Just a simple fact that I have put online could have led some one right to me. It is a scary thought. We are only taught the basics of “what not to do online”, but I believe that some of the very important details are being left out. When this girl sent out this invite, she was not expecting the results. What if she had not acted, and several strangers had shown up t her party?  Simple facts like this should be taught at school, because with almost everyone on the Internet these days the facts need to be known.