This week in the ever changing Dissecting the Internet classroom, we studied the two sides of the social internet - total anonymity and transparency. I had never visited 4chan myself, but I'd seen other websites poke fun at it and some call it essentially the scourge of the internet. And while I do understand what 4chan is trying to do, sometimes the complete anonymity is rather bad, considering it's known for things like posting child pornography.
As for Facebook, we were assigned sides in a debate, Good vs Bad. I had good, and I do actually think that for the most part, Facebook is a good thing. It's a matter of convenience and being responsible for your own actions. I don't understand why people post everything about themselves online, and then blame Facebook for the bad things that result from it. I've even seen some people with their addresses on it! Just because there's a little blank box doesn't mean it needs to be filled in.
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