Re:How I built the IMDb message boards, in 2001
by iamatworknow on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @05:11PM
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>Use pseudonyms! Be cautious about what you post online. There are so few sites that require your real identity that letting it 'slip' should not even be a possibility.
It's not like I'm doing that today at 30 years old. But when you're 15, the internet is relatively new in the mainstream, and these people are your "friends", maybe you give them your phone number so you can chat, or your address so they can send you something, and then someone else gets ahold of it, and there you go.
Kids don't exactly think rationally and are notoriously bad at foreseeing the eventual impact their current actions have.
It's not like I'm doing that today at 30 years old. But when you're 15, the internet is relatively new in the mainstream, and these people are your "friends", maybe you give them your phone number so you can chat, or your address so they can send you something, and then someone else gets ahold of it, and there you go.
Kids don't exactly think rationally and are notoriously bad at foreseeing the eventual impact their current actions have.